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Page 84
Now St. Lo is upon a branch railroad which leaves the main line and turns off to the southward , many miles to the eastward of Cherbourg , so that in visiting that city it would be necessary to go for two or three hours beyond the ...
Now St. Lo is upon a branch railroad which leaves the main line and turns off to the southward , many miles to the eastward of Cherbourg , so that in visiting that city it would be necessary to go for two or three hours beyond the ...
Page 86
In a word , the arguments in favor of going to Cherbourg were overwhelming , and accordingly the whole party took tickets for that place , at the Bayeux station , when they left Bayeux , and after four or five hours of pleasant ...
In a word , the arguments in favor of going to Cherbourg were overwhelming , and accordingly the whole party took tickets for that place , at the Bayeux station , when they left Bayeux , and after four or five hours of pleasant ...
Page 95
After rambling about in the military port for two or three hours , the party prepared to leave it , and John wished very much to go out by one of the ports of egress leading to the rear , on account of the great drumming which he heard ...
After rambling about in the military port for two or three hours , the party prepared to leave it , and John wished very much to go out by one of the ports of egress leading to the rear , on account of the great drumming which he heard ...
Page 105
After proceeding on the branch road for about an hour , they arrived at St. Lo , which was the end of the line . " Now , " said Grimkie , as they were riding away from the station toward the hotel , " we have done with the railroad for ...
After proceeding on the branch road for about an hour , they arrived at St. Lo , which was the end of the line . " Now , " said Grimkie , as they were riding away from the station toward the hotel , " we have done with the railroad for ...
Page 118
It was five hours ' ride from St. Lo to Granville , and about midway of the road was the town of Coutances , where Grimkie calculated that the diligence would arrive about half past two . There were many other villages , however , along ...
It was five hours ' ride from St. Lo to Granville , and about midway of the road was the town of Coutances , where Grimkie calculated that the diligence would arrive about half past two . There were many other villages , however , along ...
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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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