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... appearance . William's abbey was in another direction , and it was so near the town , that on one side the walls and towers of the church rose from among the narrow streets of shops , and of ancient look- ing dwellings . On the other ...
... appearance . William's abbey was in another direction , and it was so near the town , that on one side the walls and towers of the church rose from among the narrow streets of shops , and of ancient look- ing dwellings . On the other ...
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... appearance of a quiet rural town , reposing in the midst of green fields and gardens , and marked conspicuously at a distance of many miles by the towers , and , spires , and lofty battle- mented roofs of an immense cathedral , rising ...
... appearance of a quiet rural town , reposing in the midst of green fields and gardens , and marked conspicuously at a distance of many miles by the towers , and , spires , and lofty battle- mented roofs of an immense cathedral , rising ...
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... appearance , on the street , of there being any thing for sale on the spot . The establishment which Mrs. Morelle visited , was kept by a lady named Mademoiselle Pagny . The party after entering in through the great arched gateway ...
... appearance , on the street , of there being any thing for sale on the spot . The establishment which Mrs. Morelle visited , was kept by a lady named Mademoiselle Pagny . The party after entering in through the great arched gateway ...
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Jacob Abbott. length , seeing how much Grimkie seemed to be taken with the appearance and manners of the lady . And then looking at the laces again , she added , " and are not these pretty laces ? " " Yes , auntie , " said Grimkie . " It ...
Jacob Abbott. length , seeing how much Grimkie seemed to be taken with the appearance and manners of the lady . And then looking at the laces again , she added , " and are not these pretty laces ? " " Yes , auntie , " said Grimkie . " It ...
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... appearance of the Digue . " Oh Grimkie , " said she , " how could you tell me that it was bigger than the biggest pyramid ? It is not large at all . It is only a low wall run- ning along just above the water . It looks like nothing but ...
... appearance of the Digue . " Oh Grimkie , " said she , " how could you tell me that it was bigger than the biggest pyramid ? It is not large at all . It is only a low wall run- ning along just above the water . It looks like nothing but ...
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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,...