Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 1Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 |
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... called " Bosquet de Julie , " celebrated in his " Nouvelle Héloïse , " and have talked with this " wild , self - torturing sophist ; " not till we have been told again the chivalrous story of the De Blonays ; not till we have broken the ...
... called " Bosquet de Julie , " celebrated in his " Nouvelle Héloïse , " and have talked with this " wild , self - torturing sophist ; " not till we have been told again the chivalrous story of the De Blonays ; not till we have broken the ...
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... called the Tower of Leander , although it has nothing whatever to do with Leander . That hero lived at Abydos , on the Hellespont , nearly 200 miles away , and his remarkable swim to see the fair priestess of Sestos was probably the ...
... called the Tower of Leander , although it has nothing whatever to do with Leander . That hero lived at Abydos , on the Hellespont , nearly 200 miles away , and his remarkable swim to see the fair priestess of Sestos was probably the ...
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... called it after his own name Byzantium . Although the site it occupied was but a portion of the small peninsula on which Stamboul now stands , it soon became a prosperous place . So much wealth was derived from the fisheries that the ...
... called it after his own name Byzantium . Although the site it occupied was but a portion of the small peninsula on which Stamboul now stands , it soon became a prosperous place . So much wealth was derived from the fisheries that the ...
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... called Nea Roma , but has ever since borne the name of Constantinople . To Constantinople the Emperor transferred the capital of his Empire , and desiring to construct an immortal work for his own glory and for the prosperity of his ...
... called Nea Roma , but has ever since borne the name of Constantinople . To Constantinople the Emperor transferred the capital of his Empire , and desiring to construct an immortal work for his own glory and for the prosperity of his ...
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... called Vakil , or deputy , and monopolise the carrying trade of the city and suburbs . The load of a hamal is oftentimes as much as that borne by a horse and cart , and it is one of the first astonishing sights of the newly - arrived ...
... called Vakil , or deputy , and monopolise the carrying trade of the city and suburbs . The load of a hamal is oftentimes as much as that borne by a horse and cart , and it is one of the first astonishing sights of the newly - arrived ...
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