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Page 36
After the fire had subsided , he was riding through the streets to see the mischief that he had made , and his horse stepped on some of the embers that were still on fire . The embers burnt the horse's foot and made him rear up suddenly ...
After the fire had subsided , he was riding through the streets to see the mischief that he had made , and his horse stepped on some of the embers that were still on fire . The embers burnt the horse's foot and made him rear up suddenly ...
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If I could see the king himself riding through the fire , and his horse rearing up , it would be worth while - but the fire is all out long before now . " " Yes , " said Grimkie . " It was eight hundred years ago .
If I could see the king himself riding through the fire , and his horse rearing up , it would be worth while - but the fire is all out long before now . " " Yes , " said Grimkie . " It was eight hundred years ago .
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... surprise and delight The train stopped at Mantes , where William the Conqueror was hurt by the starting of his horse from stepping in the fire , but none of the company thought it best to leave the train in order to visit the town .
... surprise and delight The train stopped at Mantes , where William the Conqueror was hurt by the starting of his horse from stepping in the fire , but none of the company thought it best to leave the train in order to visit the town .
Page 108
The brown color was much such a shade as would be given to wood by being slightly scorched before a hot fire or in a very hot oven . Florence was much pleased with the idea of carrying home a specimen of these shoes .
The brown color was much such a shade as would be given to wood by being slightly scorched before a hot fire or in a very hot oven . Florence was much pleased with the idea of carrying home a specimen of these shoes .
Page 120
There was a bright wood fire burning in the fireplace , and several very comfortable but extremely old - fashioned chairs in the room , and very strange looking pictures hanging upon the walls . The girl , after seeing Mrs. Morelle ...
There was a bright wood fire burning in the fireplace , and several very comfortable but extremely old - fashioned chairs in the room , and very strange looking pictures hanging upon the walls . The girl , after seeing Mrs. Morelle ...
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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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