Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... appearance being greatly marred by huge blocks of modern buildings , chiefly Russian . Jerusalem is enclosed by a wall nearly forty feet high , irregular , and conformed to the hills over which it passes , massive in appearance , but in ...
... appearance being greatly marred by huge blocks of modern buildings , chiefly Russian . Jerusalem is enclosed by a wall nearly forty feet high , irregular , and conformed to the hills over which it passes , massive in appearance , but in ...
Page 148
... appearance . They are also very frequently drunk , for though fond of " tchai , " they by no means confine themselves to it . In addition to Sundays , there are no less than fifty clearly - defined annual holidays kept in Moscow , and ...
... appearance . They are also very frequently drunk , for though fond of " tchai , " they by no means confine themselves to it . In addition to Sundays , there are no less than fifty clearly - defined annual holidays kept in Moscow , and ...
Page 268
... appearance , inasmuch as sieges and bombardments and numerous extensive con- flagrations , which have ravaged it from time to time , have played havoc with its old buildings . The city has to a large extent overcome the evil repute for ...
... appearance , inasmuch as sieges and bombardments and numerous extensive con- flagrations , which have ravaged it from time to time , have played havoc with its old buildings . The city has to a large extent overcome the evil repute for ...
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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