The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... temples , where Buddhist monks offer a far more cordial welcome than Hindus . The cinnamon gardens outside Colombo add Nature's wel- come . The hymn is so far justified that " spicy breezes " really do " blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle ...
... temples , where Buddhist monks offer a far more cordial welcome than Hindus . The cinnamon gardens outside Colombo add Nature's wel- come . The hymn is so far justified that " spicy breezes " really do " blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle ...
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... temples of Seti I , comprising seven temples in one , and of Rameses II , with brilliantly coloured mural decorations . Thebes After a journey of 450 miles Luxor is reached . Luxor , long a tourist resort with palace hotels , has been ...
... temples of Seti I , comprising seven temples in one , and of Rameses II , with brilliantly coloured mural decorations . Thebes After a journey of 450 miles Luxor is reached . Luxor , long a tourist resort with palace hotels , has been ...
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... temples , whose ruins are now the most sublime presentment of the unrivalled art of antiquity . The Elgin Marbles in ... temple has served in its time as a Christian church ; prayers have ascended from it to Zeus , to Allah , and to ...
... temples , whose ruins are now the most sublime presentment of the unrivalled art of antiquity . The Elgin Marbles in ... temple has served in its time as a Christian church ; prayers have ascended from it to Zeus , to Allah , and to ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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