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... coast of France , and yet they belong to Eng- land . Thus , as is the case with some parts of Canada , while the government is English , the population and the prevailing language , as well as the manners and customs , are French . It ...
... coast of France , and yet they belong to Eng- land . Thus , as is the case with some parts of Canada , while the government is English , the population and the prevailing language , as well as the manners and customs , are French . It ...
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... coast of Normandy - of his being seized and made prisoner there by a Norman baron - of William sending an embassador to reclaim him — of his being set at liberty by the baron , and finally arriving in the presence of William at one of ...
... coast of Normandy - of his being seized and made prisoner there by a Norman baron - of William sending an embassador to reclaim him — of his being set at liberty by the baron , and finally arriving in the presence of William at one of ...
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... coast of the islands , and the safe roadsteads , or places of an- chorage for ships , in the various bays , channels , and straits which separate the different islands from each other . In both these respects France is very differ ently ...
... coast of the islands , and the safe roadsteads , or places of an- chorage for ships , in the various bays , channels , and straits which separate the different islands from each other . In both these respects France is very differ ently ...
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... coast , which answer very well the purposes of merchant ships . These harbors are made at the mouths of the rivers that empty into the sea , on the northern coast of France . There is one at Calais , another at Boulogne , another at ...
... coast , which answer very well the purposes of merchant ships . These harbors are made at the mouths of the rivers that empty into the sea , on the northern coast of France . There is one at Calais , another at Boulogne , another at ...
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... coast , and the depth of water within the mouths of the rivers is so small , that when the tide is low the bed of the large basin and the channel between the two long piers leading from it out to sea , are almost empty . Nothing re ...
... coast , and the depth of water within the mouths of the rivers is so small , that when the tide is low the bed of the large basin and the channel between the two long piers leading from it out to sea , are almost empty . Nothing re ...
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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,...