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| 8 | 1826 | It is in terms of those that one View more quotes about numbers">numbers her amongst the "high cities". |
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| 8 | 1823 | Sometimes the towers seem to be giants, standing proudly, independent and mighty, soaring to the sky, touching clouds, their feet in garbage. |
| 8 | 1824 | Much depends, of course, on the district. |
| 8 | 1825 | In many respects Ar is a city of wonder, of beauty and grace, of soaring towers, large parks and gardens, and broad boulevards. |
| 8 | 1826 | It is in terms of those that one numbers her amongst the "high cities". |
| 8 | 1827 | But she is, too, a city in which poverty and wealth, surfeit and want, cleanliness and dirt, may be juxtaposed. |
| 8 | 1828 | A silken palanquin, with closed curtains, may be borne through slime. |
| 8 | 1829 | Here and there women, unattended, grace the bridges in their promenades, while below a troop of guardsmen may tread with care. |