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 344
... hundred belfries . Among the massive Norman arches of St. Bartholomew the Great , or in the brooding shadows of Great St. Helen's ( " The Westmin- ster Abbey of the City " ) one may still recover something of that London which mothered ...
... hundred belfries . Among the massive Norman arches of St. Bartholomew the Great , or in the brooding shadows of Great St. Helen's ( " The Westmin- ster Abbey of the City " ) one may still recover something of that London which mothered ...
Page 414
... hundred feet above the plain . It was during a siege of the Wars of the Roses that the " March of the Men of Harlech " was written to stir native chieftains to revolt against the English king . Snowdon ( 3,560 feet ) is the highest ...
... hundred feet above the plain . It was during a siege of the Wars of the Roses that the " March of the Men of Harlech " was written to stir native chieftains to revolt against the English king . Snowdon ( 3,560 feet ) is the highest ...
Page 476
... hundred to six hundred feet high stand guard on either side of this opening , and as the vessel glides between them the traveller raises his eyes , not with- out a feeling of awe , to the great cliffs of dark red sandstone piled in ...
... hundred to six hundred feet high stand guard on either side of this opening , and as the vessel glides between them the traveller raises his eyes , not with- out a feeling of awe , to the great cliffs of dark red sandstone piled in ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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