Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 1Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 |
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... celebrated in Swedish history - these will furnish ample materials for an interesting chapter . In Copenhagen we will ascend to the Observatory in the curious tower of Trinity Church , walking up on inclined planes , as in the Campanile ...
... celebrated in Swedish history - these will furnish ample materials for an interesting chapter . In Copenhagen we will ascend to the Observatory in the curious tower of Trinity Church , walking up on inclined planes , as in the Campanile ...
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... 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 spell cast over us by sylphs ...
... 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 spell cast over us by sylphs ...
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... celebrating the exploits of Hercules and Theseus ; and this most exquisite example of a Greek temple - built , it is said , by Cimon about B.c. 470 , to ATHENS . 13 commemorate the appearance of the tutelary hero. FOUNTAIN OF CYBELE ...
... celebrating the exploits of Hercules and Theseus ; and this most exquisite example of a Greek temple - built , it is said , by Cimon about B.c. 470 , to ATHENS . 13 commemorate the appearance of the tutelary hero. FOUNTAIN OF CYBELE ...
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... celebrated Seraglio Point . But by Constantinople Europeans understand not only the whole of the harp - shaped city of Stamboul ( the Turkish name for Constantinople ) , but the suburbs of Galata and Pera on the side of the Golden Horn ...
... celebrated Seraglio Point . But by Constantinople Europeans understand not only the whole of the harp - shaped city of Stamboul ( the Turkish name for Constantinople ) , but the suburbs of Galata and Pera on the side of the Golden Horn ...
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... and 437 years before the entrance of Abraham into Egypt , and counts over 3,000 years of existence " — bears upon the south side an exquisite prayer to one of the gods . The second monument is the celebrated Bronze Serpent , one.
... and 437 years before the entrance of Abraham into Egypt , and counts over 3,000 years of existence " — bears upon the south side an exquisite prayer to one of the gods . The second monument is the celebrated Bronze Serpent , one.
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