Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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Page 79
... vast portal of this still unequalled approach , the eye rests upon a wonderful expanse of land and sea , Ægina ; the coast of the Peloponnesus as far as Hydra ; the Attic gulf with many an island lying like a cloud of amethyst on the ...
... vast portal of this still unequalled approach , the eye rests upon a wonderful expanse of land and sea , Ægina ; the coast of the Peloponnesus as far as Hydra ; the Attic gulf with many an island lying like a cloud of amethyst on the ...
Page 180
... vast walls of brick contrasting strangely with ruins in marble ; but the disappointment is only temporary , and at every fresh visit the vastness and wonderfulness of the edifice- are better realised . On bright moonlight nights the ...
... vast walls of brick contrasting strangely with ruins in marble ; but the disappointment is only temporary , and at every fresh visit the vastness and wonderfulness of the edifice- are better realised . On bright moonlight nights the ...
Page 182
... vast fissure of decay , the tomb - hillock , its foundation , being still as firm as ever , and likely to endure until the last trump shall rend it wide asunder , and summon forth its unknown dead . " Let us come back now to the ...
... vast fissure of decay , the tomb - hillock , its foundation , being still as firm as ever , and likely to endure until the last trump shall rend it wide asunder , and summon forth its unknown dead . " Let us come back now to the ...
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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