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... the centre . There are two or three courts in fact . It is in the largest one however , which is called the Court of Honor , that are placed the grand staircases which form the prin- cipal entrances CHAPTER PAGK I THE GREAT HOTEL.
... the centre . There are two or three courts in fact . It is in the largest one however , which is called the Court of Honor , that are placed the grand staircases which form the prin- cipal entrances CHAPTER PAGK I THE GREAT HOTEL.
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... facts Florence thought it would be best to cross by the way of Dover and Calais . Indeed this used to be the chief place of cross- ing in former times , and Dover and Calaiș are consequently very famous places in the history of the ...
... facts Florence thought it would be best to cross by the way of Dover and Calais . Indeed this used to be the chief place of cross- ing in former times , and Dover and Calaiș are consequently very famous places in the history of the ...
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... facts from the map and the guide book , and had ex- plained them to Florence , she said that she was decidedly of opinion that it would be best to cross from Boulogne to Folkstone . " Unless , " she added , " we go by the way of Calais ...
... facts from the map and the guide book , and had ex- plained them to Florence , she said that she was decidedly of opinion that it would be best to cross from Boulogne to Folkstone . " Unless , " she added , " we go by the way of Calais ...
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Jacob Abbott. the way of Boulogne and Folkstone , on account of the fact that so much larger a portion of the route is by sea - the speed of a steamer through the water being usually much less than that of a locomotive on the land . This ...
Jacob Abbott. the way of Boulogne and Folkstone , on account of the fact that so much larger a portion of the route is by sea - the speed of a steamer through the water being usually much less than that of a locomotive on the land . This ...
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... facts in the his- torical lectures which he had attended at his school at the chateau , explained the case to her , as they sat before the table in the grand drawing room at the Louvre Hotel , with the atlas before them , I should not ...
... facts in the his- torical lectures which he had attended at his school at the chateau , explained the case to her , as they sat before the table in the grand drawing room at the Louvre Hotel , with the atlas before them , I should not ...
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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,...