Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... scene of passionate excitement , or gaze upon that slab , which has been bathed with myriads of tears and kissed by countless lips , without emotion . At Easter a scene is to be witnessed around this " Tomb of Christ " which is a ...
... scene of passionate excitement , or gaze upon that slab , which has been bathed with myriads of tears and kissed by countless lips , without emotion . At Easter a scene is to be witnessed around this " Tomb of Christ " which is a ...
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... scene as animated and curious as in many Oriental towns . The bustle is unceasing ; and the mingling of many colours in costumes ; the rapid talking of hundreds of nervous , energetic , and apparently excited people ; the strange wares ...
... scene as animated and curious as in many Oriental towns . The bustle is unceasing ; and the mingling of many colours in costumes ; the rapid talking of hundreds of nervous , energetic , and apparently excited people ; the strange wares ...
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... scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon ; Each hill and dale , each deepening glen and wold , Defies the power which ... scene which must have been witnessed in the days of old . In the distance to the right stands the Parthenon ...
... scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon ; Each hill and dale , each deepening glen and wold , Defies the power which ... scene which must have been witnessed in the days of old . In the distance to the right stands the Parthenon ...
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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