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Page 15
On the farther side of the court , that is on the side opposite to the one where Florence was standing , there was a coffee - room , and upon the sidewalk in front of it there were several groups of ladies and gentlemen sitting at ...
On the farther side of the court , that is on the side opposite to the one where Florence was standing , there was a coffee - room , and upon the sidewalk in front of it there were several groups of ladies and gentlemen sitting at ...
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... the gentlemen in reading the newspapers or smoking cigars , and the ladies in watching the throng of persons passing by on the outer portion of the sidewalk . It is true that in these places the sidewalks are immensely wide .
... the gentlemen in reading the newspapers or smoking cigars , and the ladies in watching the throng of persons passing by on the outer portion of the sidewalk . It is true that in these places the sidewalks are immensely wide .
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She was a very beautiful girl , and had been so well educated that she had acquired great skill in all the accomplishments usually taught to young ladies of high rank , in those days . She heard that Duke William , her cousin , was in ...
She was a very beautiful girl , and had been so well educated that she had acquired great skill in all the accomplishments usually taught to young ladies of high rank , in those days . She heard that Duke William , her cousin , was in ...
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How far this story of the lace - makers tended to lead Mrs. Morelle to come to a conclusion in favor of this route , I cannot say ; though the ladies being fond of laces it is very natural that they should like to visit the places where ...
How far this story of the lace - makers tended to lead Mrs. Morelle to come to a conclusion in favor of this route , I cannot say ; though the ladies being fond of laces it is very natural that they should like to visit the places where ...
Page 62
There were several ladies around her , looking at the lace , and bargaining for it . Mrs. Morelle stopped and looked at some of the pieces , but did not buy any . Grimkie asked the girl if there was anything to pay for viewing the ...
There were several ladies around her , looking at the lace , and bargaining for it . Mrs. Morelle stopped and looked at some of the pieces , but did not buy any . Grimkie asked the girl if there was anything to pay for viewing the ...
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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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