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 65
... side , and a blue hazy distance where the road loses itself ; a little village , and a tall church belfry - such are the first impressions of the Belgian provinces of Flanders . Sometimes in the fields on one side grow tall , heavy ...
... side , and a blue hazy distance where the road loses itself ; a little village , and a tall church belfry - such are the first impressions of the Belgian provinces of Flanders . Sometimes in the fields on one side grow tall , heavy ...
Page 88
... side of the avenue are the sumptuous houses of Brussels ' fashionable citizens . But visitors are usually deceived when they assume that this garish international side of Brussels embraces the whole atmosphere . Old Belgium peers out ...
... side of the avenue are the sumptuous houses of Brussels ' fashionable citizens . But visitors are usually deceived when they assume that this garish international side of Brussels embraces the whole atmosphere . Old Belgium peers out ...
Page 122
... side , and the people say that it was only when the building was finished that the architect remembered a door was necessary . side can be touched by outstretched arms . born and. CANAL LIFE AT EDAM . The windmill , though fast ...
... side , and the people say that it was only when the building was finished that the architect remembered a door was necessary . side can be touched by outstretched arms . born and. CANAL LIFE AT EDAM . The windmill , though fast ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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