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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... walls , but the prosperity of her palaces has disappeared . Indeed , very little remains of her ancient city . The walls were built in the sixteenth century , all the houses are new , and it is necessary to dig from 30 to 100 feet in ...
... walls , but the prosperity of her palaces has disappeared . Indeed , very little remains of her ancient city . The walls were built in the sixteenth century , all the houses are new , and it is necessary to dig from 30 to 100 feet in ...
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... walls , in a huge park , was the Sum- mer Palace , a gorgeous dreamland building with amazing gar- dens , and a lake ... Wall § 4 Farther on we come to the Great Wall beside which the Roman Wall , in England , is but a child's toy . The ...
... walls , in a huge park , was the Sum- mer Palace , a gorgeous dreamland building with amazing gar- dens , and a lake ... Wall § 4 Farther on we come to the Great Wall beside which the Roman Wall , in England , is but a child's toy . The ...
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... walls of its ruined Kremlin still stands the Cathedral of St. Sophia , built on the model of St. Sophia at Constantinople , a monument to the past glories of Novgorod . On its walls are frescoes , Byzantine in feeling , that look down ...
... walls of its ruined Kremlin still stands the Cathedral of St. Sophia , built on the model of St. Sophia at Constantinople , a monument to the past glories of Novgorod . On its walls are frescoes , Byzantine in feeling , that look down ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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