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... 125 1 XIV - PASSAGE TO JERSEY .. 139 XV . - LOOKING FOR LODGINGS ... XVI . GETTING SETTLED IN LODGINGS ... XVII - FIRST WALK IN JERSEY ........ XVIII . THE CASTLE OF MONT ORGUEIL .. 149 162 174 183 CHAPTER PAGE XIX . - A DRIVE . 196 XX.
... 125 1 XIV - PASSAGE TO JERSEY .. 139 XV . - LOOKING FOR LODGINGS ... XVI . GETTING SETTLED IN LODGINGS ... XVII - FIRST WALK IN JERSEY ........ XVIII . THE CASTLE OF MONT ORGUEIL .. 149 162 174 183 CHAPTER PAGE XIX . - A DRIVE . 196 XX.
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... castle and an old ruined abbey on the shores of it . " " I should like to see the castle and the abbey , " said Florence , " but I don't care so much about the docks and ships . " " I think it would be a charming way to go , " said ...
... castle and an old ruined abbey on the shores of it . " " I should like to see the castle and the abbey , " said Florence , " but I don't care so much about the docks and ships . " " I think it would be a charming way to go , " said ...
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... castles and delivering his message of his taking the oath of allegiance to William as the future king of England — and of various scenes and incidents which occurred dur- ing Harold's stay in Normandy , and his final safe return to ...
... castles and delivering his message of his taking the oath of allegiance to William as the future king of England — and of various scenes and incidents which occurred dur- ing Harold's stay in Normandy , and his final safe return to ...
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... greater breadth below . It contains three im- mense castles , one in the middle and one at each end . It is perhaps the most massive , and in some respects the most difficult work ever con- structed by 82 ABOUT HARBORS AND ROADSTEADS ,
... greater breadth below . It contains three im- mense castles , one in the middle and one at each end . It is perhaps the most massive , and in some respects the most difficult work ever con- structed by 82 ABOUT HARBORS AND ROADSTEADS ,
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... castles on the top . " " Can we go into the castles ? " asked Mrs. Morelle . " Yes , Auntie , " said Grimkie . " The sentinel will let us go in , and there will be a warder in- side that will show us all about , if we will give him a ...
... castles on the top . " " Can we go into the castles ? " asked Mrs. Morelle . " Yes , Auntie , " said Grimkie . " The sentinel will let us go in , and there will be a warder in- side that will show us all about , if we will give him a ...
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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,...