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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... kings did not deem it necessary to overpay their workmen . Voltaire has said that living there the later Kings of ... King of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor in 1871 , and here again , in June , 1919 , by an irony of fate , was ...
... kings did not deem it necessary to overpay their workmen . Voltaire has said that living there the later Kings of ... King of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor in 1871 , and here again , in June , 1919 , by an irony of fate , was ...
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... King Albert's popularity is so great that , if he were not King , he would certainly be elected president . Land Tenure Education is practical , being restricted chiefly to what workers need to know , especially the workers on the land ...
... King Albert's popularity is so great that , if he were not King , he would certainly be elected president . Land Tenure Education is practical , being restricted chiefly to what workers need to know , especially the workers on the land ...
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... King Lear's son , Mannanan , a magician , became King of Man and was slain by St. Patrick , who proceeded to convert the island at the point of the sword . There were , however , Kings of Man for centuries , and it is by no means ...
... King Lear's son , Mannanan , a magician , became King of Man and was slain by St. Patrick , who proceeded to convert the island at the point of the sword . There were , however , Kings of Man for centuries , and it is by no means ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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Abbey Algeria amid ancient arches attracted beautiful béguinage bridge British Bruges buildings built canals capital carved Castle Cathedral centre century charm chief church coast colour crowds dance Donald McLeish Dutch England English Europe famous feet fish Flemish flowers forests France French galleries gardens Ghent Hall harbour hills Holland Holy houses huge hundred India island Italian Italy Kairwan King known lake land live London lovely magnificent mediæval modern Moorish Moors Morocco mountains Naples natives night North palace Paris peasants Photo Photochrom picturesque population province Pyrenees quaint railway remains river rock Roman Rome round ruins saints scene scenery Seville sorts South Spain Spanish sport square miles stands stone strange streets Swiss thousand tion to-day tomb tourists towers town trees Tunis Tunisia valleys vast Venice village W. H. Smith walls wild women wonderful woods Zuider Zee