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Page 29
... hundred and seventy yards long and seventy wide , varying in depth from thirty - five to forty - one feet . It probably dates from the time of Hezekiah ; a tradition identifies it as the pool in which David beheld Bathsheba bath- ing ...
... hundred and seventy yards long and seventy wide , varying in depth from thirty - five to forty - one feet . It probably dates from the time of Hezekiah ; a tradition identifies it as the pool in which David beheld Bathsheba bath- ing ...
Page 31
... hundred and eighty- six yards , leads to the Fountain of the Virgin . In this channel or passage Captain Warren found another passage expanding into a vaulted chamber about forty feet wide , in which were found vases , glass lamps , and ...
... hundred and eighty- six yards , leads to the Fountain of the Virgin . In this channel or passage Captain Warren found another passage expanding into a vaulted chamber about forty feet wide , in which were found vases , glass lamps , and ...
Page 99
... hundred feet , with a length of a third of a mile . It is of iron , on piers of masonry , and cost £ 280,000 . Chestnut Street is the most brilliant and interesting thoroughfare in the city , the seat of the large hotels and the most ...
... hundred feet , with a length of a third of a mile . It is of iron , on piers of masonry , and cost £ 280,000 . Chestnut Street is the most brilliant and interesting thoroughfare in the city , the seat of the large hotels and the most ...
Page 106
... hundred feet long , surmounted by an iron dome 184 feet high . It occupies the site of the University of Pennsylvania , and was begun some years ago , the expenditure being limited by Congress to £ 800,000 . The United States Mint , in ...
... hundred feet long , surmounted by an iron dome 184 feet high . It occupies the site of the University of Pennsylvania , and was begun some years ago , the expenditure being limited by Congress to £ 800,000 . The United States Mint , in ...
Page 107
... hundred thousand patients , half of whom were poor people . The Hospital for the Insane , accommodating 500 patients , occupies a park of 111 acres , in the western suburbs . The Protestant Episcopal Hospital is a large and splendid ...
... hundred thousand patients , half of whom were poor people . The Hospital for the Insane , accommodating 500 patients , occupies a park of 111 acres , in the western suburbs . The Protestant Episcopal Hospital is a large and splendid ...
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