Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 2Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... four companies , with artillery , surrounded the prison , and removed the assassin of King and another murderer , whom they tried , with all due formality , and hanged from the windows of the head - quarters . Many other desperadoes ...
... four companies , with artillery , surrounded the prison , and removed the assassin of King and another murderer , whom they tried , with all due formality , and hanged from the windows of the head - quarters . Many other desperadoes ...
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... four o'clock in the morning , till the sun is some distance above the horizon , crowds of the inhabitants of Calcutta , European and native , enjoy the cool morning air in the broad , noble park , esplanade , plain , or common , called ...
... four o'clock in the morning , till the sun is some distance above the horizon , crowds of the inhabitants of Calcutta , European and native , enjoy the cool morning air in the broad , noble park , esplanade , plain , or common , called ...
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... four times over . Brahminism in the course of ages has had many developments . The supreme deity , Brahma , became by personification of the principles of creation , preservation , and destruction , the triad Brahma , Vishnu , and Síva ...
... four times over . Brahminism in the course of ages has had many developments . The supreme deity , Brahma , became by personification of the principles of creation , preservation , and destruction , the triad Brahma , Vishnu , and Síva ...
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CaliforniaSir Francis DrakeThe Spanish GalleonsThe Franciscan MissionsIndians Converted and Dying | 1 |
Plan of San Francisco | 9 |
The City Hall | 16 |
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