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... Sphinx from the Serapeum . ib . Mashrebeeyeh or Lattice Window in Cairo ཚོ Ç ཚ 83 lished ) . ib . The Falls of Montmorenci 145 • 84 Martello Tower on the Plains of Abraham 147 PAGE PAGE MARSEILLES : — The Arms of Marseilles .
... Sphinx from the Serapeum . ib . Mashrebeeyeh or Lattice Window in Cairo ཚོ Ç ཚ 83 lished ) . ib . The Falls of Montmorenci 145 • 84 Martello Tower on the Plains of Abraham 147 PAGE PAGE MARSEILLES : — The Arms of Marseilles .
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... Towers of the Cathedral Munich .. The City Walls , Nuremberg . The House of Hans Sachs 196 197 Chinese Mandarin ... Tower . 225 ST . PETERSBURG : - The Arms of St. Petersburg . 226 Chicago Water - works Plan of St. Petersburg . 228 The ...
... Towers of the Cathedral Munich .. The City Walls , Nuremberg . The House of Hans Sachs 196 197 Chinese Mandarin ... Tower . 225 ST . PETERSBURG : - The Arms of St. Petersburg . 226 Chicago Water - works Plan of St. Petersburg . 228 The ...
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... towers are conspicuous in all views . of the city . Connected with these churches , or the outgrowth of the same spirit , are numerous hospitals and asylums for various classes of needy and unfortunate persons , the orphans , the widows ...
... towers are conspicuous in all views . of the city . Connected with these churches , or the outgrowth of the same spirit , are numerous hospitals and asylums for various classes of needy and unfortunate persons , the orphans , the widows ...
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... towers of England - only with a kindly pity . The imperial State which lies between Mount Shasta and San Bernardino , between the Yo Semite and the blue and placid Pacific , is his home ; and he loves the orchards of Santa Clara , the ...
... towers of England - only with a kindly pity . The imperial State which lies between Mount Shasta and San Bernardino , between the Yo Semite and the blue and placid Pacific , is his home ; and he loves the orchards of Santa Clara , the ...
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... towers and belfries that go to make up Rouen . The Rouennais gondolas , associated like those of Venice with a thousand romantic stories , the steamers darting to and fro , and the flags of many nations fluttering above a forest of ...
... towers and belfries that go to make up Rouen . The Rouennais gondolas , associated like those of Venice with a thousand romantic stories , the steamers darting to and fro , and the flags of many nations fluttering above a forest of ...
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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.
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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...
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