Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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Page 122
... built in 1732 , and long occupied by the celebrated Norris family ; and Woodlands , the home of the Hamiltons , dating from 1775 , with its two colonnaded porticos , its picture - galleries , and park ; and Stenton , built in 1732 for ...
... built in 1732 , and long occupied by the celebrated Norris family ; and Woodlands , the home of the Hamiltons , dating from 1775 , with its two colonnaded porticos , its picture - galleries , and park ; and Stenton , built in 1732 for ...
Page 187
... built . This was done , and every year , on the 5th August , the festa of La Madonna della Neve is observed in the Borghese Chapel , when , during a solemn high mass , showers of the leaves of choice white flowers are scattered from the ...
... built . This was done , and every year , on the 5th August , the festa of La Madonna della Neve is observed in the Borghese Chapel , when , during a solemn high mass , showers of the leaves of choice white flowers are scattered from the ...
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... built , are ranged round the harbour , with the mountains behind . It has suffered terribly from fire at various times from the twelfth century to the nineteenth . In 1198 the " Bagler , " previously mentioned , set it in flames ; in ...
... built , are ranged round the harbour , with the mountains behind . It has suffered terribly from fire at various times from the twelfth century to the nineteenth . In 1198 the " Bagler , " previously mentioned , set it in flames ; in ...
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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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