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Mrs. Morelle made this proposal to Florence and Grimkie in a carriage , as they were returning to the hotel after a drive . " We like that plan very much , Auntie , ” said Grimkie ; " and I know where there are plenty of maps and ...
Mrs. Morelle made this proposal to Florence and Grimkie in a carriage , as they were returning to the hotel after a drive . " We like that plan very much , Auntie , ” said Grimkie ; " and I know where there are plenty of maps and ...
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Jacob Abbott. LE ELA142 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BRGER 333333 COURT OF THE HOTEL . 1839 going out , and another for carriage going in .
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going out , and another for carriage going in . Besides these there are two other passage - ways paved with asphalte , and forming sidewalks as it were , through the archway , for the use of foot passengers . The carriage passed in and ...
going out , and another for carriage going in . Besides these there are two other passage - ways paved with asphalte , and forming sidewalks as it were , through the archway , for the use of foot passengers . The carriage passed in and ...
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Florence waited on the steps until Grimkie had paid the fare and made the coachman his present , for in Paris it is always customary when you take a carriage , in addition to the fare which the law ⚫ allows for the use of it in ...
Florence waited on the steps until Grimkie had paid the fare and made the coachman his present , for in Paris it is always customary when you take a carriage , in addition to the fare which the law ⚫ allows for the use of it in ...
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These and many other similar scenes presented themselves continually to view , from the windows of the railway carriage , as the train was borne along , and drew from the children innumerable exclamations of surprise and delight The ...
These and many other similar scenes presented themselves continually to view , from the windows of the railway carriage , as the train was borne along , and drew from the children innumerable exclamations of surprise and delight The ...
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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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