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
... villages , grinding and puffing through the narrow streets with much groaning of wheels , rattling of chains , and blowing of horns . And along the roads from village to village and field to field are the slow - moving tillers of the ...
... villages , grinding and puffing through the narrow streets with much groaning of wheels , rattling of chains , and blowing of horns . And along the roads from village to village and field to field are the slow - moving tillers of the ...
Page 146
... village and that village is no more ; then , with its freight of death and destruction it thunders into some valley and fills it from ridge to ridge , or rolls out on the plain in great billowing waves of snow . Of late years , how ...
... village and that village is no more ; then , with its freight of death and destruction it thunders into some valley and fills it from ridge to ridge , or rolls out on the plain in great billowing waves of snow . Of late years , how ...
Page 174
... village became the metropolis of palms . The branches are tied up to bleach them ; then their leaves are twisted into various artistic shapes and taken to be blessed in churches , not only at Rome , but every- where . A Village Republic ...
... village became the metropolis of palms . The branches are tied up to bleach them ; then their leaves are twisted into various artistic shapes and taken to be blessed in churches , not only at Rome , but every- where . A Village Republic ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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