Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 2Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... known characters are readily distinguishable . It is probable that the younger Leroux parted with the mansion before the decorations . were completed , and that Francis I. ( or perhaps the seductive Diana de Poitiers ) became the owner ...
... known characters are readily distinguishable . It is probable that the younger Leroux parted with the mansion before the decorations . were completed , and that Francis I. ( or perhaps the seductive Diana de Poitiers ) became the owner ...
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... known fact of European geography that Madrid is on the Manzanares , but it may not be so generally known that in scarcely any other great city of Europe does the contiguous river form so inconspicuous and insignificant a feature . The ...
... known fact of European geography that Madrid is on the Manzanares , but it may not be so generally known that in scarcely any other great city of Europe does the contiguous river form so inconspicuous and insignificant a feature . The ...
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... known and clearly - marked Anglo - Canadian race . During the Canadian rebellion of 1837 , a strong force of insurgents marched from these forest - towns against Toronto , and advanced into its immediate suburbs . Eight hundred of them ...
... known and clearly - marked Anglo - Canadian race . During the Canadian rebellion of 1837 , a strong force of insurgents marched from these forest - towns against Toronto , and advanced into its immediate suburbs . Eight hundred of them ...
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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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