Cities of the world, Volume 2Cassell & Company Limited, 1881 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 83
Page
... Palace Hotel in the Obelisk of the Temple of the Sun at Heliopolis TORONTO AND QUEBEC : - 105 • Distance 17 The Arms of Toronto Interior of a Chinese Joss - house 21 • The Old Church of Mission Dolores , built in 1776 Fisherman's Bay ...
... Palace Hotel in the Obelisk of the Temple of the Sun at Heliopolis TORONTO AND QUEBEC : - 105 • Distance 17 The Arms of Toronto Interior of a Chinese Joss - house 21 • The Old Church of Mission Dolores , built in 1776 Fisherman's Bay ...
Page
... Palace . Diamond Harbour , on the Hooghly 169 Pekin : The Tartar City . The Port of Calcutta 172 • The Tsien - Mên Gate The Esplanade , Calcutta to face page 173 Plan of Pekin . Calcutta Water - carriers House in the European Quarter ...
... Palace . Diamond Harbour , on the Hooghly 169 Pekin : The Tartar City . The Port of Calcutta 172 • The Tsien - Mên Gate The Esplanade , Calcutta to face page 173 Plan of Pekin . Calcutta Water - carriers House in the European Quarter ...
Page 13
... Palace Hotel thus commemorates the Crown Point Bonanza , the Nevada Block represents the Con- solidated Virginia Mines , the Baldwin House arose from the Ophir and Mexican Mines , and other handsome structures , as tall and as ornate as ...
... Palace Hotel thus commemorates the Crown Point Bonanza , the Nevada Block represents the Con- solidated Virginia Mines , the Baldwin House arose from the Ophir and Mexican Mines , and other handsome structures , as tall and as ornate as ...
Page 14
... Palace Hotel is the most famous caravanserai of the Pacific States , the paradise of the flush speculator , the day - dream of thousands of weary prospectors among the arid mountains of Arizona and Nevada . This vast structure , seven ...
... Palace Hotel is the most famous caravanserai of the Pacific States , the paradise of the flush speculator , the day - dream of thousands of weary prospectors among the arid mountains of Arizona and Nevada . This vast structure , seven ...
Page 15
... palace near the Champs Elysées in Paris . Not long since , when General Grant was in the French capital , and the American colony prepared brilliant fétes in his honour , it is said that Mrs. Mackay wished to have the great Arc de ...
... palace near the Champs Elysées in Paris . Not long since , when General Grant was in the French capital , and the American colony prepared brilliant fétes in his honour , it is said that Mrs. Mackay wished to have the great Arc de ...
Common terms and phrases
adorned Albrecht Dürer American ancient architecture beautiful Benares British broad buildings built Cairo Calcutta California Canada Canadian capital Cathedral Catholic celebrated centre century chapel Château Chicago chief Chinese church Citadel coast commercial contains convent cross crowded crowned edifice Emperor English erected famous feet festivities finest forests France French gardens garrison Gate Georgian Bay grand Grand Trunk Railway Hall harbour height houses hundred Indians inhabitants Jesuits King Lake Huron Laurentian Mountains Lawrence Lyons Madrid magnificent marble Marquis de Montcalm Marseilles miles monument Mosque Mount Tamalpais Mountain nearly Nuremberg occupied Pacific paintings Palace Panama Railway Pekin picturesque plain population port present Quebec Railway rich Rincon Hill river Roman Rouen royal San Francisco scene ships shore side Spain Spanish splendid square stands statue stone streets surrounded Telegraph Hill temples thousands tomb Toronto towers town vast walls Western
Popular passages
Page 111 - The horror of the night, the precipice scaled by Wolfe, the empire he with a handful of men added to England, and the glorious catastrophe of contentedly terminating life where his fame began Ancient story may be ransacked, and ostentatious philosophy thrown into the account, before an episode can be found to rank with Wolfe's.
Page 274 - These Pills are purely Vegetable, being entirely free from Mercury or any other Mineral, and those who may not hitherto have proved their efficacy will do well to give them a Trial. Recommended for Disorders of the Head, Chest, Bowels, Liver and Kidneys ; also in Rheumatism, Ulcers, Sores, and all Skin Diseases— these Pills being a direct Purifier of the Blood.
Page 67 - Upon ancient dynasties of Ethiopian and Egyptian kings, upon Greek and Roman, upon Arab and Ottoman conquerors, upon Napoleon dreaming of an Eastern empire, upon battle and pestilence, upon the ceaseless misery of the Egyptian race, upon keen-eyed travellers — Herodotus yesterday and Warburton to-day — upon all and more, this unworldly Sphinx has watched and watched like a Providence, with the same earnest eyes, and the same sad, tranquil mien.
Page 72 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 139 - It has, in fact, nothing which can properly be termed ornament. It is a sanctuary so pure and stainless, revealing so exalted a spirit of worship, that I felt humbled, as a Christian, to think that our nobler religion has so rarely inspired its architects to surpass this temple to God and Mohammed.
Page 63 - Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. 13. The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
Page 172 - Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair, That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has breathed its air!
Page 67 - Laugh and mock if you will at the worship of stone idols, but mark ye this, ye breakers of images— that in one regard the stone idol bears awful semblance of Deity — unchangefulness in the midst of change, the same seeming will and intent for ever and ever inexorable. Upon ancient dynasties of Ethiopian and Egyptian kings, upon Greek and Roman, upon Arab and Ottoman conquerors, upon Napoleon dreaming of an Eastern empire, upon battle and...
Page 215 - Conon said, it was sufficient to read his work on the true religion to be satisfied that he was ignorant of the first principles of theology. Being more of a politician than a theologian, he found the secret of remaining peacefully in China. The kings found in him a man full of complaisance; the pagans a minister who accommodated himself to their superstitions; the Mandarins a polite courtier, skilled in all the trickery of courts; and the devil a faithful servant, who, far from destroying, established...
Page 274 - YEARS they have been used most extensively as a FAMILY MEDICINE, thousands having found them a simple and safe remedy, and one needful to be kept always at hand. These Pills are purely Vegetable, being entirely free from Mercury or any other Mineral...