Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 1Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 |
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... sides by the sea . Through narrow but clean streets , beneath tall handsome houses , nearly all whitewashed and decorated with bright green shutters and coloured blinds and awnings , we make our way to the port , and find ourselves ...
... sides by the sea . Through narrow but clean streets , beneath tall handsome houses , nearly all whitewashed and decorated with bright green shutters and coloured blinds and awnings , we make our way to the port , and find ourselves ...
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... side , and view the same stage which saw the produc- tion of the plays of Eschylus , Sophocles , Euripides , and all the great masterpieces of the Attic drama . We shall behold , too , the same scenery at the back of the stage which met ...
... side , and view the same stage which saw the produc- tion of the plays of Eschylus , Sophocles , Euripides , and all the great masterpieces of the Attic drama . We shall behold , too , the same scenery at the back of the stage which met ...
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... side , cross the Kedron , pause under the grand old gnarled olives in the Garden of Gethsemane , and ascending the Mount of Olives , reverently stand on the spot where , in all probability , Jesus stood as " He beheld the city and wept ...
... side , cross the Kedron , pause under the grand old gnarled olives in the Garden of Gethsemane , and ascending the Mount of Olives , reverently stand on the spot where , in all probability , Jesus stood as " He beheld the city and wept ...
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... connects the Sea of Marmora with the Black Sea . It stands on a triangular promontory , on one side of which is the deep elbow or inlet of. TURKISH SOFTA ( STUDENT ) . A STREET IN CONSTANTINOPLE . THE TOWER OF GALATA .
... connects the Sea of Marmora with the Black Sea . It stands on a triangular promontory , on one side of which is the deep elbow or inlet of. TURKISH SOFTA ( STUDENT ) . A STREET IN CONSTANTINOPLE . THE TOWER OF GALATA .
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Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect Edwin Hodder. side of which is the deep elbow or inlet of the Bosphorus known as the Canal of Perami , and better known as the Golden Horn , and on the other side the Sea of Marmora . The base ...
Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect Edwin Hodder. side of which is the deep elbow or inlet of the Bosphorus known as the Canal of Perami , and better known as the Golden Horn , and on the other side the Sea of Marmora . The base ...
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