Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 2Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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Page 138
... gardens now cover an area of seven acres , and are occupied by forty nuns , who teach the girls of Quebec , and also pro- duce choice works in embroidery and decorative painting , after the manner of nuns in general . The chapel of the ...
... gardens now cover an area of seven acres , and are occupied by forty nuns , who teach the girls of Quebec , and also pro- duce choice works in embroidery and decorative painting , after the manner of nuns in general . The chapel of the ...
Page 154
... gardens ; there are several well - planted boulevards , esplanades , and so forth . In the centre of the town are Les Allées du Meilhan , where , beneath the grand trees and amidst the cool splashing fountains , a fashionable crowd may ...
... gardens ; there are several well - planted boulevards , esplanades , and so forth . In the centre of the town are Les Allées du Meilhan , where , beneath the grand trees and amidst the cool splashing fountains , a fashionable crowd may ...
Page 179
... Garden of Happiness , the old cemetery of the Nawabs , with its tombs and gardens . Here , beside the tombs of her murdered husband and his illustrious ancestors , dwelt the widow of Surajah Dowlah ; and her descendants ( pensioners of ...
... Garden of Happiness , the old cemetery of the Nawabs , with its tombs and gardens . Here , beside the tombs of her murdered husband and his illustrious ancestors , dwelt the widow of Surajah Dowlah ; and her descendants ( pensioners of ...
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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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