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... churches that one finds so often in Spain . Whatever beauty its interior might boast and there was little beyond its size— the bad taste of the Spaniards had entirely effaced by paper flowers and gilt stucco and tinsel . In the chancel ...
... churches that one finds so often in Spain . Whatever beauty its interior might boast and there was little beyond its size— the bad taste of the Spaniards had entirely effaced by paper flowers and gilt stucco and tinsel . In the chancel ...
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... church of St David , perched almost in the face of the precipice high above the town . From this spot a panorama of Tiflis and the surrounding country is obtained , and the exertion of the cliff climb is well repaid ; the view of the ...
... church of St David , perched almost in the face of the precipice high above the town . From this spot a panorama of Tiflis and the surrounding country is obtained , and the exertion of the cliff climb is well repaid ; the view of the ...
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... church disappeared , and the building was lit by thousands upon thousands of candles : where , before , the dusk had prevented one seeing either the church or the crowd , every picture and detail of the decoration of the building , and ...
... church disappeared , and the building was lit by thousands upon thousands of candles : where , before , the dusk had prevented one seeing either the church or the crowd , every picture and detail of the decoration of the building , and ...
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... church doors and street corners ! and , as the day progressed , what a number of men who had enjoyed themselves a little too much ! But there was no fighting , no roughness , and the police are lax upon this great feast , and , as long ...
... church doors and street corners ! and , as the day progressed , what a number of men who had enjoyed themselves a little too much ! But there was no fighting , no roughness , and the police are lax upon this great feast , and , as long ...
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... churches of Sevan , said to have been founded by the Armenian king Tiridates , at the time of the introduction of Christianity into his country early in the fourth century A.D. , on the site of a still earlier fortress of unknown origin ...
... churches of Sevan , said to have been founded by the Armenian king Tiridates , at the time of the introduction of Christianity into his country early in the fourth century A.D. , on the site of a still earlier fortress of unknown origin ...
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