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... miles wide , whereas in the other direction its breadth in- creases to more than a hundred miles . The dif- ferent routes leading from France to England of course give sea passages of very different lengths , according to their ...
... miles wide , whereas in the other direction its breadth in- creases to more than a hundred miles . The dif- ferent routes leading from France to England of course give sea passages of very different lengths , according to their ...
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... miles across , three miles farther than it is in the narrowest place . From Boulogne to Folk- stone it is twenty - nine miles , that is four miles . farther . After ascertaining these facts Florence thought it would be best to cross by ...
... miles across , three miles farther than it is in the narrowest place . From Boulogne to Folk- stone it is twenty - nine miles , that is four miles . farther . After ascertaining these facts Florence thought it would be best to cross by ...
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Jacob Abbott. difference of one mile in the length of the crossing . Dover , Calais , Folkstone and Boulogne are all very interesting towns , with much striking and beautiful scenery in the environs of them , and all are connected with ...
Jacob Abbott. difference of one mile in the length of the crossing . Dover , Calais , Folkstone and Boulogne are all very interesting towns , with much striking and beautiful scenery in the environs of them , and all are connected with ...
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... miles in one corner of the map , he found that the distance was about ten miles . " Then it is too far , " said Florence . " A can- non ball could not go so far as that . ” " No , " said Grimkie , " but still the islands lie much too ...
... miles in one corner of the map , he found that the distance was about ten miles . " Then it is too far , " said Florence . " A can- non ball could not go so far as that . ” " No , " said Grimkie , " but still the islands lie much too ...
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... miles distant , and thence carried in ships to all parts of the world . Florence said at first , when she heard Grimkie expressing surprise at seeing the men cutting immense blocks of stone in two with a saw , that she had often seen ...
... miles distant , and thence carried in ships to all parts of the world . Florence said at first , when she heard Grimkie expressing surprise at seeing the men cutting immense blocks of stone in two with a saw , that she had often seen ...
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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,...