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Jacob Abbott. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 444244 THE FLORENCE STORIES . I. FLORENCE AND JOHN . II . GRIMKIE . III . THE ORKNEY ISLANDS . IV . THE ENGLISH CHANNEL . - V. THE ISLE OF WIGHT . VI . - FLORENCE'S RETURN . Entered according to Act of ...
Jacob Abbott. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 444244 THE FLORENCE STORIES . I. FLORENCE AND JOHN . II . GRIMKIE . III . THE ORKNEY ISLANDS . IV . THE ENGLISH CHANNEL . - V. THE ISLE OF WIGHT . VI . - FLORENCE'S RETURN . Entered according to Act of ...
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... John looking for us , " said Grimkie . " Let us wait till he comes , and then I will tell it to both of you . " John , who had been looking for Grimkie and Florence , was coming into the great drawing room to see if they were there ...
... John looking for us , " said Grimkie . " Let us wait till he comes , and then I will tell it to both of you . " John , who had been looking for Grimkie and Florence , was coming into the great drawing room to see if they were there ...
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Jacob Abbott. CHAPTER III . MORE STORIES . FLORENCE remained sometime longer with Grimkie and John in the great drawing - room ; listening to the stories which Grimkie told her about the Channel Islands , and particularly about Normandy ...
Jacob Abbott. CHAPTER III . MORE STORIES . FLORENCE remained sometime longer with Grimkie and John in the great drawing - room ; listening to the stories which Grimkie told her about the Channel Islands , and particularly about Normandy ...
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... John had not , and he asked Grimkie what it was . Grimkie proceeded to explain the cir- cumstances of this famous tapestry . The facts of the case are as follows . William the Conqueror died about eight hun- dred years ago , and all the ...
... John had not , and he asked Grimkie what it was . Grimkie proceeded to explain the cir- cumstances of this famous tapestry . The facts of the case are as follows . William the Conqueror died about eight hun- dred years ago , and all the ...
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... John . " I doubt whether you will , " replied Grimkie . " But there is one place you will like to see . At least you will like to hear the story of it . ” " What is the story of it ? " asked John . " It is about the way in which William ...
... John . " I doubt whether you will , " replied Grimkie . " But there is one place you will like to see . At least you will like to hear the story of it . ” " What is the story of it ? " asked John . " It is about the way in which William ...
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Page 43 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 33 - Lord ivas with me and made all things easy, though my dear friend and I were separated one at one end of the town and the other at the other, and both under locks and bolts ; the said Davis swearing desperately that we should never come out nor see one another again all his time. And yet in two weeks' time he let me out again and her also.
Page 183 - Grimkie said that the best thing they could do would be to go and see the Castle of Mont Orgueil.
Page 193 - Florence established herself upon the sofa, and the two boys in arm-chairs near the fire, each with a large slice of bread and butter in one hand and a piece of cheese in the other, and their tumblers of milk on corners of the table within reach.
Page 69 - There was a large table in the middle of the room, with broad boxes filled with laces upon it, and other boxes in cases about the room.
Page 80 - ... strongly support Senator Mitchell's bill, S. 1639. The establishment of a Board such as is proposed in your bill is vitally necessary in the interest of military and commercial expansion of our national air power. If is an open secret that in the 1930's technological improvements placed German air power far in advance of that of any other nation in the world, and the stern necessity of mastering that power, rather than our own foresight, was the determining factor in World War II. Certainly,...