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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... English commander . This spot will remain a place of pilgrimage , as the later historians and the Church of Rome itself , after careful investigation , have confirmed the stories that made Joan a heroine and a martyr . On the coast ...
... English commander . This spot will remain a place of pilgrimage , as the later historians and the Church of Rome itself , after careful investigation , have confirmed the stories that made Joan a heroine and a martyr . On the coast ...
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... English over a thousand years ago and still retaining an antiquated English dialect . The holy city of Echternach was founded by St. Willebrord , an English missionary in the year 698 , and retains an extraor- dinary procession which ...
... English over a thousand years ago and still retaining an antiquated English dialect . The holy city of Echternach was founded by St. Willebrord , an English missionary in the year 698 , and retains an extraor- dinary procession which ...
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... English . This was the first Prince of Wales , and it was in commemoration of this tradition that another Prince of Wales came to this castle in 1911 to receive his investiture . Another famous Welsh castle is that of Harlech , built by ...
... English . This was the first Prince of Wales , and it was in commemoration of this tradition that another Prince of Wales came to this castle in 1911 to receive his investiture . Another famous Welsh castle is that of Harlech , built by ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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