Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 2Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... hundred and forty - one years of its abominable existence sowed death , terror , and desolation broadcast through a magnificent empire - which forced three millions of industrious and peaceable people into exile - which pronounced three ...
... hundred and forty - one years of its abominable existence sowed death , terror , and desolation broadcast through a magnificent empire - which forced three millions of industrious and peaceable people into exile - which pronounced three ...
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... hundred and twenty - one miles north - west of Calcutta , and about a hundred and twenty miles below the junction of the Ganges and the Jumna , stands the sacred city of Benares a city that has known thirty centuries of uninterrupted ...
... hundred and twenty - one miles north - west of Calcutta , and about a hundred and twenty miles below the junction of the Ganges and the Jumna , stands the sacred city of Benares a city that has known thirty centuries of uninterrupted ...
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... hundred warriors , the com- mander surrendered , stipulating that the women and children should be spared . Fifty ... hundreds of leagues of desolate and uninhabited lands . They found a few whites at Mackinaw and Chicago , but nowhere ...
... hundred warriors , the com- mander surrendered , stipulating that the women and children should be spared . Fifty ... hundreds of leagues of desolate and uninhabited lands . They found a few whites at Mackinaw and Chicago , but nowhere ...
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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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