Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 2Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... monument is a roughly - hewn and much - mutilated limestone effigy of the king , six and a half feet in length . His crowned head reposes on a square cushion , and his feet rest against a couchant lion . This monument , as well as that ...
... monument is a roughly - hewn and much - mutilated limestone effigy of the king , six and a half feet in length . His crowned head reposes on a square cushion , and his feet rest against a couchant lion . This monument , as well as that ...
Page 89
... monument of Arabian architecture , full of sim- plicity and beauty . Incredible as it may appear , while fabulous ... monuments . Every- where are tinsel and veneer ; showy and bastard buildings taking the place of the simple , solid ...
... monument of Arabian architecture , full of sim- plicity and beauty . Incredible as it may appear , while fabulous ... monuments . Every- where are tinsel and veneer ; showy and bastard buildings taking the place of the simple , solid ...
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... monument nearly 155 feet . The capital and the ornaments on the pedestal were made from Turkish cannon . No less than six successive rows of piles were driven in to form a firm foundation for this grand column . The frost has produced ...
... monument nearly 155 feet . The capital and the ornaments on the pedestal were made from Turkish cannon . No less than six successive rows of piles were driven in to form a firm foundation for this grand column . The frost has produced ...
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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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