Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 1Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 |
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... collect which should be likely to make the city under review stand out with sharp distinctness before the mind's eye of the reader . The chapters on those cities of the United States and Canada which have been selected for description ...
... collect which should be likely to make the city under review stand out with sharp distinctness before the mind's eye of the reader . The chapters on those cities of the United States and Canada which have been selected for description ...
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... collection of churches and palaces within the Kremlin , with their walls and domes coloured gold , silver , red , green , white , and blue , yet presenting no appearance of tawdry garishness even under the blaze of a mid - day sun ...
... collection of churches and palaces within the Kremlin , with their walls and domes coloured gold , silver , red , green , white , and blue , yet presenting no appearance of tawdry garishness even under the blaze of a mid - day sun ...
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... perhaps unjustifiably , attacking and bom- barding the city ; or we may observe the position taken up by the British army under Catheart and Wellington . In the unrivalled collection of Scandinavian antiquities in the Museum.
... perhaps unjustifiably , attacking and bom- barding the city ; or we may observe the position taken up by the British army under Catheart and Wellington . In the unrivalled collection of Scandinavian antiquities in the Museum.
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Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect Edwin Hodder. In the unrivalled collection of Scandinavian antiquities in the Museum there is much to instruct and amuse the traveller , while the Museum of Thorwaldsen , surrounded by hundreds ...
Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect Edwin Hodder. In the unrivalled collection of Scandinavian antiquities in the Museum there is much to instruct and amuse the traveller , while the Museum of Thorwaldsen , surrounded by hundreds ...
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... collection of jewels . and curiosities , not the least interesting of which are a throne of pearls and precious stones , and a large cabinet of lapis - lazuli and diamonds . The Church of St. Irene , founded by Constantine , is ...
... collection of jewels . and curiosities , not the least interesting of which are a throne of pearls and precious stones , and a large cabinet of lapis - lazuli and diamonds . The Church of St. Irene , founded by Constantine , is ...
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