The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 1Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... England , and one of the many interesting sights of Rochester is Watts ' Charity House , which was founded in 1579 for " six poor travellers , not being rogues or proctors , " proctors being the lawyers of the period and apparently not ...
... England , and one of the many interesting sights of Rochester is Watts ' Charity House , which was founded in 1579 for " six poor travellers , not being rogues or proctors , " proctors being the lawyers of the period and apparently not ...
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... England ; Cornwall is not England , never has been , and never will be . Unlike England , Cornwall retains place names with Celtic roots . It was to Cornwall that the Christians of England retired before the advance of Saxon Pagans . In ...
... England ; Cornwall is not England , never has been , and never will be . Unlike England , Cornwall retains place names with Celtic roots . It was to Cornwall that the Christians of England retired before the advance of Saxon Pagans . In ...
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... England or Wales , but considerably lower than Ben Nevis in Scotland . In spite of its name , it is some eight hundred feet below the snow- line , and is usually free from snow from April to October . It affords one of those apparently ...
... England or Wales , but considerably lower than Ben Nevis in Scotland . In spite of its name , it is some eight hundred feet below the snow- line , and is usually free from snow from April to October . It affords one of those apparently ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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