Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... Geneva Gown , symbol of mighty spiritual forces , that shook Europe to its foundations ; the Geneva Cross , harbinger of loving care for the wounded on modern battle - fields ; Geneva Congresses , for the settlement of Alabama Claims ...
... Geneva Gown , symbol of mighty spiritual forces , that shook Europe to its foundations ; the Geneva Cross , harbinger of loving care for the wounded on modern battle - fields ; Geneva Congresses , for the settlement of Alabama Claims ...
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... Geneva . Farel implored him to stay , and the result was that he did remain and set to work reforming Church and State . Every house , every man , was carefully watched and strictly kept in order . The people rebelled , and for three ...
... Geneva . Farel implored him to stay , and the result was that he did remain and set to work reforming Church and State . Every house , every man , was carefully watched and strictly kept in order . The people rebelled , and for three ...
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... Geneva to its environs and to the towns that stud the shores of its famous lake , we must notice the special industry for which Geneva has obtained a world - wide celebrity . A large proportion of the actual work of the Geneva watches ...
... Geneva to its environs and to the towns that stud the shores of its famous lake , we must notice the special industry for which Geneva has obtained a world - wide celebrity . A large proportion of the actual work of the Geneva watches ...
Contents
JERUSALEM | 1 |
BRUSSELS AND THE CITIES OF BELGIUM | 33 |
The Ancient Navigators The Swedish ColonyWilliam Penn the Founder of the CityThe Dreary Morning | 92 |
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