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At the narrowest place toward the east it is only about twenty - five miles wide , whereas in the other direction its breadth increases to more than a hundred miles . The different routes leading from France to England of course give ...
At the narrowest place toward the east it is only about twenty - five miles wide , whereas in the other direction its breadth increases to more than a hundred miles . The different routes leading from France to England of course give ...
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From Calais to Dover it is twenty - eight miles across , three miles farther than it is in the narrowest place . From Boulogne to Folkstone it is twenty - nine miles , that is four miles farther . After ascertaining these facts Florence ...
From Calais to Dover it is twenty - eight miles across , three miles farther than it is in the narrowest place . From Boulogne to Folkstone it is twenty - nine miles , that is four miles farther . After ascertaining these facts Florence ...
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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 many curious ...
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 many curious ...
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of a ball , and which give it when i . leaves the gun , a sort of spinning motion by which it bores its way through the air with immense velocity , a missile could be sent six or seven miles , and yet have force enough , at the end of ...
of a ball , and which give it when i . leaves the gun , a sort of spinning motion by which it bores its way through the air with immense velocity , a missile could be sent six or seven miles , and yet have force enough , at the end of ...
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other kinds of stone , as a material for building , and great quantities of it are taken down in lighters , by a river which flows from Caen to the sea , which is ten or fifteen miles distant , and thence carried in ships to all parts ...
other kinds of stone , as a material for building , and great quantities of it are taken down in lighters , by a river which flows from Caen to the sea , which is ten or fifteen miles distant , and thence carried in ships to all parts ...
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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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