Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 884
a Athens. 849 miserable appearance enotigb, measured by the European standard.Gradually, better houses appeared. The Acropolis towered like a giganticthrone above all the low dwellings, and in the middle of the street alongwhich we were driving, grew the tallest palm-tree I had ever seen.The stem… … SAILOE3 CHEERING THE CARRIAGE. every one of our party. I afterwards learned that when the street wasfirst planned, the noble tree was to have been hewn down, because it stoodin the way of carriages ; hut Professor Eoss, a Holsteiner by birth, peti-tioned for its life, and accordingly it was spared.…
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