Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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Page 88
... land - locked by the island of Salamis as to have the appearance of an inland lake . On our right , and close at hand , is a wall which claims attention , for it once belonged to the temple of the two - fold Aphrodite ; and there are ...
... land - locked by the island of Salamis as to have the appearance of an inland lake . On our right , and close at hand , is a wall which claims attention , for it once belonged to the temple of the two - fold Aphrodite ; and there are ...
Page 102
... land became perceptibly higher than that around it . The house was built , in 1804 , to receive the congregation from the ancient " Great Meeting House , " in Market Street , then untenantable by reason of the street noises . There are ...
... land became perceptibly higher than that around it . The house was built , in 1804 , to receive the congregation from the ancient " Great Meeting House , " in Market Street , then untenantable by reason of the street noises . There are ...
Page 108
... land from Queen Christina of Sweden and from the native chieftains , relics of the rural communities of German mystics , and many portraits of half - forgotten worthies , painted by Sully , Peale , Benjamin West , and other notable ...
... land from Queen Christina of Sweden and from the native chieftains , relics of the rural communities of German mystics , and many portraits of half - forgotten worthies , painted by Sully , Peale , Benjamin West , and other notable ...
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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