Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 1Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 |
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... whole history of the Eternal City . And clues similar to these we shall find in Florence , Naples , Genoa , Milan , or any other city in Italy . Let us now take a rapid glance But enough as to the structure of the work . at some of the ...
... whole history of the Eternal City . And clues similar to these we shall find in Florence , Naples , Genoa , Milan , or any other city in Italy . Let us now take a rapid glance But enough as to the structure of the work . at some of the ...
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... whole country that it 66 draws fifty feet of water , In which men live as in the hold of Nature , And when the sea does in upon them break And drowns a province , does but spring a leak . " The structure and history of Amsterdam , its ...
... whole country that it 66 draws fifty feet of water , In which men live as in the hold of Nature , And when the sea does in upon them break And drowns a province , does but spring a leak . " The structure and history of Amsterdam , its ...
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... whole land . From the heights looking down upon the city , or from the city looking towards the heights , the gentle undulations near at hand , or the distant snow - capped mountains of the Sierra Nevada , every spot is beautiful , and ...
... whole land . From the heights looking down upon the city , or from the city looking towards the heights , the gentle undulations near at hand , or the distant snow - capped mountains of the Sierra Nevada , every spot is beautiful , and ...
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... whole country . Not that the two cities bear any comparison one with the other . Alexandria wears too modern and commercial an aspect to please the travelling savant ; it is a conglomeration of all nationalities , a crowded and busy ...
... whole country . Not that the two cities bear any comparison one with the other . Alexandria wears too modern and commercial an aspect to please the travelling savant ; it is a conglomeration of all nationalities , a crowded and busy ...
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... whole picture set in a framework of emerald waters . Constantinople , the connecting link between Europe and Asia , is on the European shore of the Sea of Marmora , at the southern extremity of the Bosphorus , which connects the Sea of ...
... whole picture set in a framework of emerald waters . Constantinople , the connecting link between Europe and Asia , is on the European shore of the Sea of Marmora , at the southern extremity of the Bosphorus , which connects the Sea of ...
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