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1249 it was consecrated as a parish church, just as it now is[10] That

lofty edifice at the foot of the gigantic tower of Notre Dame is the

entrepôt of Spain Every nation has its own azines,

where every oneThe s to the church of Saint Jainal plan

was to elevate it above the spire of Notre Da discontinued for want of funds Do you see, a little further on, that

square building surer, the

Croesus of our times: he was elevated to the nobility by Maxis and nations, he sees gold

daily pouring into his coffers, and if God does not interfere, the royal

poill bow before that of the opulent banker On the right you have

the church of Saint Andrew, and near it the convent of Saint Michael,

where our Eood city of

Antwerp"[11] While the gondola was ski over the surface of the water, and Mr Van

de Werve was explaining to Signor Deodati the various edifices which were

worthy of remark, there stood upon the shore, at a corner of the

dock-yard, a man who coolly followed the boat with his eyes, and who

endeavored to coondola, and to discover

what irl ere

seated within it