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 75
... town , in parts as silent as the grave , we feel the glamour of la Morte Bruges - and every stone has a story of its own . For one of the charms of Bruges , as of every work of art , is that there is so much to be discovered ...
... town , in parts as silent as the grave , we feel the glamour of la Morte Bruges - and every stone has a story of its own . For one of the charms of Bruges , as of every work of art , is that there is so much to be discovered ...
Page 76
... town was for a belfry of her own . And Bruges ' Belfry is the most famous of all . Legend attributes it to the ninth ... town . " And as of old , watchmen still stand there to watch for fires , and , as of old , we listen with Longfellow ...
... town was for a belfry of her own . And Bruges ' Belfry is the most famous of all . Legend attributes it to the ninth ... town . " And as of old , watchmen still stand there to watch for fires , and , as of old , we listen with Longfellow ...
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... Town Tarragona , a very old Phoenician town , is perched like an amphitheatre on a high limestone rock sloping down to the sea . The upper and lower towns are divided by a line of Cyclopean walls , and the upper town is built out of the ...
... Town Tarragona , a very old Phoenician town , is perched like an amphitheatre on a high limestone rock sloping down to the sea . The upper and lower towns are divided by a line of Cyclopean walls , and the upper town is built out of the ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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