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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... Rome , the chatter of the cafés , the tweeds of the natives , the clatter of the trams . The modern side of Rome , however , is superficial and easy to avoid . It exists only because the Romans want to emphasise how practical they They ...
... Rome , the chatter of the cafés , the tweeds of the natives , the clatter of the trams . The modern side of Rome , however , is superficial and easy to avoid . It exists only because the Romans want to emphasise how practical they They ...
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... Rome , retains peculiar customs and a dialect said to be little changed since Latin times . The people there marry only among themselves , their women are the most beautiful in Rome , and their youths give most trouble to the police ...
... Rome , retains peculiar customs and a dialect said to be little changed since Latin times . The people there marry only among themselves , their women are the most beautiful in Rome , and their youths give most trouble to the police ...
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... Rome Christian Rome did almost as much damage as the bar- barians , for it built its nest on all the old glories . But it created a new Rome , in its way more wonderful and magnificent than the old . The first signs of it are to be ...
... Rome Christian Rome did almost as much damage as the bar- barians , for it built its nest on all the old glories . But it created a new Rome , in its way more wonderful and magnificent than the old . The first signs of it are to be ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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