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... ....... . III . THE BREAKFAST ..... IV . VISIT TO THE PITTI PALACE .. V. THE PASS OF THE SIMPLON .... VI . - ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND PAGE .Frontispiece . 63 ... 89 .. 151 179 227 FLORENCE'S . RETURN . CHAPTER I. AN UNEXPECTED CONTINGENCY .
... ....... . III . THE BREAKFAST ..... IV . VISIT TO THE PITTI PALACE .. V. THE PASS OF THE SIMPLON .... VI . - ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND PAGE .Frontispiece . 63 ... 89 .. 151 179 227 FLORENCE'S . RETURN . CHAPTER I. AN UNEXPECTED CONTINGENCY .
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... arrive of Florence and John being obliged to set off to make the journey and voyage from Rome to New York alone . Yet so it was , as will fully appear in the sequel . I ought to say that Grim- kie was not with the party at this time ...
... arrive of Florence and John being obliged to set off to make the journey and voyage from Rome to New York alone . Yet so it was , as will fully appear in the sequel . I ought to say that Grim- kie was not with the party at this time ...
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... arrived , he opened the door and assisted Mrs. Morelle and the children to descend , and then conducted them up and through a series of magnificent staircases and halls , into a spacious apartment , very handsomely decorated and ...
... arrived , he opened the door and assisted Mrs. Morelle and the children to descend , and then conducted them up and through a series of magnificent staircases and halls , into a spacious apartment , very handsomely decorated and ...
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... arrived with her party at the diligence office . Here they were detained half an hour , so numer- ous were the preliminary formalities connected with the departure of the coach . At length all was ready . Mrs. Morelle bade her children ...
... arrived with her party at the diligence office . Here they were detained half an hour , so numer- ous were the preliminary formalities connected with the departure of the coach . At length all was ready . Mrs. Morelle bade her children ...
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... arrive at Alexandria , I shall write you at Paris , and if you travel by land , as I suppose you will , my letter will reach there before you do , and you will find it at the bank- er's when you arrive . " If you pass through Florence ...
... arrive at Alexandria , I shall write you at Paris , and if you travel by land , as I suppose you will , my letter will reach there before you do , and you will find it at the bank- er's when you arrive . " If you pass through Florence ...
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Page 6 - NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 200 BROADWAY. MDCCCXLH. V ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Conrt of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
Page 35 - ... income serve for your own expenses, as (I fear) from the narrowness of my present prospects It will not be in my power to afford you assistance. I had flattered myself with the contrary persuasion, and this is one of my airy Castles, the destruction of which gives me the most pain and disappointment. I assure you, it is a great source of satisfaction to me to think, that at least you have a comfortable House, where you are secure from vulgar intrusion, and vulgar occurrences; and I cannot but...
Page 71 - M sat at a window which was hall raised to admit the breath of a balmy summer day, and she had a book in her hand which she had been reading aloud to three of her daughters, who were engaged in useful and ornamental work.
Page 108 - So my mother was convinced that he was a thief, and that he had come in to steal the money from the pockets of her dresses.
Page 39 - Give my love to the children, and believe me, as ever, " Your very affectionate friend,