The Florence StoriesSheldon, 1867 |
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Page 19
... with a desk at one end of it , and on the counter were lying one or two immense books containing plans . The books were about a yard long , and perhaps two feet wide , and each leaf contained a plan . plan TAKING PASSAGE . 19.
... with a desk at one end of it , and on the counter were lying one or two immense books containing plans . The books were about a yard long , and perhaps two feet wide , and each leaf contained a plan . plan TAKING PASSAGE . 19.
Page 20
Jacob Abbott. wide , and each leaf contained a plan . plan . The leaves were very stiff , as if the plans had been pasted upon sheets of pasteboard , in order that they might be turned over easily , and also to protect them from injury ...
Jacob Abbott. wide , and each leaf contained a plan . plan . The leaves were very stiff , as if the plans had been pasted upon sheets of pasteboard , in order that they might be turned over easily , and also to protect them from injury ...
Page 44
... leaves it at home , well invested , will bring in , during the first half of the year , say forty or fifty dollars , which will much more than pay the banker's commission . So it is better for him to leave it invested , and take it from ...
... leaves it at home , well invested , will bring in , during the first half of the year , say forty or fifty dollars , which will much more than pay the banker's commission . So it is better for him to leave it invested , and take it from ...
Page 143
... leaves , it was put into the oc- tavo form . Another folding still , which would have made sixteen leaves to the sheet , would have produced what is called the sixteenmo form . Grimkie and John immediately returned to the hotel ...
... leaves , it was put into the oc- tavo form . Another folding still , which would have made sixteen leaves to the sheet , would have produced what is called the sixteenmo form . Grimkie and John immediately returned to the hotel ...
Page 145
... leaves together so as to make a book of them , then we can slip them into the book cover , and that will be all we shall want . I can carry it in my pocket . You see you don't want large specimens . The smaller and more delicate they ...
... leaves together so as to make a book of them , then we can slip them into the book cover , and that will be all we shall want . I can carry it in my pocket . You see you don't want large specimens . The smaller and more delicate they ...
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