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Page 41
... walls , too , are much used by professional wrestlers for practice . Wrestling is still a very lucrative profession in Constantinople , and a first - class wrestler – usually a Greek - can make a very handsome living by attending the ...
... walls , too , are much used by professional wrestlers for practice . Wrestling is still a very lucrative profession in Constantinople , and a first - class wrestler – usually a Greek - can make a very handsome living by attending the ...
Page 103
... Walls rise up no less high than the brazen heaven , great in artistry . Through the middle runs a river , bridged by spreading arches . By the governor of the poles !, one would hardly think them made by hand , but as it were of a piece ...
... Walls rise up no less high than the brazen heaven , great in artistry . Through the middle runs a river , bridged by spreading arches . By the governor of the poles !, one would hardly think them made by hand , but as it were of a piece ...
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... walls and towers of the Acropolis were still almost perfect ; they are now almost destroyed . The inhabitants of Antioch declare that the city is rocked to its foundations every half - century , and they are in instant expectation of ...
... walls and towers of the Acropolis were still almost perfect ; they are now almost destroyed . The inhabitants of Antioch declare that the city is rocked to its foundations every half - century , and they are in instant expectation of ...
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