Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 2Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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Page 78
... once more or not . But there is yet another barbaric sport to which Madrileños rush with enthusiasm - we mean , of course , the famous bull - fights . Before we give any details . of the spectacle , let us hasten to say that ladies are ...
... once more or not . But there is yet another barbaric sport to which Madrileños rush with enthusiasm - we mean , of course , the famous bull - fights . Before we give any details . of the spectacle , let us hasten to say that ladies are ...
Page 167
... once the abode of the noted Roux , who spent so much of his immense fortune in fitting out privateers , and who once wrote a braggadocio letter to the King of England , commencing " Georges de Corse à Georges d'Angleterre . ” The new ...
... once the abode of the noted Roux , who spent so much of his immense fortune in fitting out privateers , and who once wrote a braggadocio letter to the King of England , commencing " Georges de Corse à Georges d'Angleterre . ” The new ...
Page 231
... once im- prisoned , tried by a servile Senate , and condemned to death . In a dungeon of this fortress he was visited by his father , and here expired . There seems good reason to believe that he was poisoned by the Czar's orders , and ...
... once im- prisoned , tried by a servile Senate , and condemned to death . In a dungeon of this fortress he was visited by his father , and here expired . There seems good reason to believe that he was poisoned by the Czar's orders , and ...
Contents
CaliforniaSir Francis DrakeThe Spanish GalleonsThe Franciscan MissionsIndians Converted and Dying | 1 |
Plan of San Francisco | 9 |
The City Hall | 16 |
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