Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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Page 90
... says the writer from whom we have already quoted , " lie capitals of the same class as those in the baths of Antoninus , capitals in which the traditional trammels are forsaken , and in which a wide scope is given for representation of ...
... says the writer from whom we have already quoted , " lie capitals of the same class as those in the baths of Antoninus , capitals in which the traditional trammels are forsaken , and in which a wide scope is given for representation of ...
Page 130
... says Labaume , " though covered with iron and lead , were destroyed , and with them those graceful steeples which we had seen the night before resplendent in the setting sun ; the hospitals , too , which contained more than 20,000 ...
... says Labaume , " though covered with iron and lead , were destroyed , and with them those graceful steeples which we had seen the night before resplendent in the setting sun ; the hospitals , too , which contained more than 20,000 ...
Page 166
... say , " he says , " that I have seen Michael Angelo at the age of sixty , and with a body announcing weakness , make more chips of marble fly about in a quarter of an hour than would three of the strongest young sculptors in an hour - a ...
... say , " he says , " that I have seen Michael Angelo at the age of sixty , and with a body announcing weakness , make more chips of marble fly about in a quarter of an hour than would three of the strongest young sculptors in an hour - a ...
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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