Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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Page 68
... front is of white Pentelic marble . But it is large and plain ; impos- ing and unattrac- tive . It is , how- ever , very pleasantly situated . Immedi- ately in front is a large garden , and beyond is Palace Square , a fine open space ...
... front is of white Pentelic marble . But it is large and plain ; impos- ing and unattrac- tive . It is , how- ever , very pleasantly situated . Immedi- ately in front is a large garden , and beyond is Palace Square , a fine open space ...
Page 70
... front of the great temple on the Acropolis , has been placed in the tympanum of the principal front , and is a work of high artistic merit . The Academy is designed for the use of a society of scholars and artists and men of letters ...
... front of the great temple on the Acropolis , has been placed in the tympanum of the principal front , and is a work of high artistic merit . The Academy is designed for the use of a society of scholars and artists and men of letters ...
Page 107
... front is 230 feet long , with a high tower rising from the centre . In the same neighbourhood stand spacious buildings of granite and marble , owned and occupied by the Presbyterian Board of Publication , the Baptist Publication House ...
... front is 230 feet long , with a high tower rising from the centre . In the same neighbourhood stand spacious buildings of granite and marble , owned and occupied by the Presbyterian Board of Publication , the Baptist Publication House ...
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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