Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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Page 129
... thousand perished either in their burning homes or by the swords of their relentless foes . The Poles , at one ... thousands died . Once more , in 1812 , on the occasion referred to in our opening paragraph , the heavens were lit up with ...
... thousand perished either in their burning homes or by the swords of their relentless foes . The Poles , at one ... thousands died . Once more , in 1812 , on the occasion referred to in our opening paragraph , the heavens were lit up with ...
Page 160
... thousand times ten thousand pious . pilgrims the great Church of St. Peter . St. Peter's as seen from the Pincio realises every reasonable expectation , but St. Peter's as seen from the Piazza in front of it , or anywhere near at hand ...
... thousand times ten thousand pious . pilgrims the great Church of St. Peter . St. Peter's as seen from the Pincio realises every reasonable expectation , but St. Peter's as seen from the Piazza in front of it , or anywhere near at hand ...
Page 167
... thousand MSS . and about fifty thousand printed books ; the Etruscan and Egyptian Museums are full of antiquities both rich and rare ; and the tapestries of Raphael , executed from the cartoons which are now in the South Kensington ...
... thousand MSS . and about fifty thousand printed books ; the Etruscan and Egyptian Museums are full of antiquities both rich and rare ; and the tapestries of Raphael , executed from the cartoons which are now in the South Kensington ...
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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