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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Page 76
... ancient town of Bruges ; In the quaint old Flemish city , As the evening shades descended Low and loud and sweetly blended , Low at times , and loud at times , And changing like a poet's rhymes , Rang the beautiful wild chimes From the ...
... ancient town of Bruges ; In the quaint old Flemish city , As the evening shades descended Low and loud and sweetly blended , Low at times , and loud at times , And changing like a poet's rhymes , Rang the beautiful wild chimes From the ...
Page 390
... ancient little town with an ivy- clad house that belonged to the Knights of St. John , and on the walls of the church is a monument to an infant son of Lord Dudley , described as his " Noble Impe " ( an old word meaning " son ...
... ancient little town with an ivy- clad house that belonged to the Knights of St. John , and on the walls of the church is a monument to an infant son of Lord Dudley , described as his " Noble Impe " ( an old word meaning " son ...
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... ancient memories . At frequent intervals our steamer - and the river - fleet steamers are the finest in the world - will stop to call at quaint pictur- esque little piers to set down a handful of passengers , and before we realise it we ...
... ancient memories . At frequent intervals our steamer - and the river - fleet steamers are the finest in the world - will stop to call at quaint pictur- esque little piers to set down a handful of passengers , and before we realise it we ...
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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