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The shipmen agreed to this , and they lowered a great coffin box into a boat and came with it to the shore . When they got to the shore they lifted out the box and proceeded to carry it up toward the chapel . It seemed to be very heavy ...
The shipmen agreed to this , and they lowered a great coffin box into a boat and came with it to the shore . When they got to the shore they lifted out the box and proceeded to carry it up toward the chapel . It seemed to be very heavy ...
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the boat to go up to the chapel and attend to the funeral , and they themselves took the boat and went off to the ship to get the commodities . The agreement was that they were to do this while the shipmen were burying the body .
the boat to go up to the chapel and attend to the funeral , and they themselves took the boat and went off to the ship to get the commodities . The agreement was that they were to do this while the shipmen were burying the body .
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Nothing remains in them , in fact , but small tortuous streams of turbid water winding through the centre , while everywhere else nothing is seen but a vast expanse of mud , in which boats , 7 * ABOUT HARBORS AND ROADSTEADS . 77.
Nothing remains in them , in fact , but small tortuous streams of turbid water winding through the centre , while everywhere else nothing is seen but a vast expanse of mud , in which boats , 7 * ABOUT HARBORS AND ROADSTEADS . 77.
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a vast expanse of mud , in which boats , smacks , and vessels of all sorts lie embedded , some more or less upright , and others tilted down upon their sides - all , of course , wholly immovable until the next tide comes in to float ...
a vast expanse of mud , in which boats , smacks , and vessels of all sorts lie embedded , some more or less upright , and others tilted down upon their sides - all , of course , wholly immovable until the next tide comes in to float ...
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They were very desirous that Mrs. Morelle and Florence should go too , but as it was a two miles ' sail in a sail boat -a kind of expedition which neither Mrs. Morelle nor Florence were inclined to fancy - the boys went alone .
They were very desirous that Mrs. Morelle and Florence should go too , but as it was a two miles ' sail in a sail boat -a kind of expedition which neither Mrs. Morelle nor Florence were inclined to fancy - the boys went alone .
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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,...
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| Title | The Florence Stories The Florence Stories, Jacob Abbott |
| Author | Jacob Abbott |
| Publisher | Sheldon, 1867 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Apr 2008 |
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