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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Page 587
... wide , with the added attraction of a set- ting of rich tropical undergrowth . The great river , a mile and a half wide , flowing placidly through a tropical plain , seems sud- denly to stand on end , hurling its vast volume of water ...
... wide , with the added attraction of a set- ting of rich tropical undergrowth . The great river , a mile and a half wide , flowing placidly through a tropical plain , seems sud- denly to stand on end , hurling its vast volume of water ...
Page 673
... wide breathing space for the city dwellers . On Copley Square , perhaps the most beautiful in the city , stands Trinity Church , where Phillips Brooks preached , the New South Church , and the Boston Public Library which takes rank with ...
... wide breathing space for the city dwellers . On Copley Square , perhaps the most beautiful in the city , stands Trinity Church , where Phillips Brooks preached , the New South Church , and the Boston Public Library which takes rank with ...
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... wide renown , yet the famous " Linden " ( lime ) trees can hardly be called luxuriant . At the west end of Unter den Linden is the celebrated Brandenburg Tor ( gate ) , an imitation on a far bigger scale of the Propyla of the Acropolis ...
... wide renown , yet the famous " Linden " ( lime ) trees can hardly be called luxuriant . At the west end of Unter den Linden is the celebrated Brandenburg Tor ( gate ) , an imitation on a far bigger scale of the Propyla of the Acropolis ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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