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Page 22
Neither of the two advantages of the Dieppe and Newhaven route seemed to be of much value in Florence's estimation . As to the shortness of it , that was rather an objection to it than otherwise , and as to its cheapness , she said she ...
Neither of the two advantages of the Dieppe and Newhaven route seemed to be of much value in Florence's estimation . As to the shortness of it , that was rather an objection to it than otherwise , and as to its cheapness , she said she ...
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The shipmen agreed to this , and they lowered a great coffin box into a boat and came with it to the shore . When they got to the shore they lifted out the box and proceeded to carry it up toward the chapel . It seemed to be very heavy ...
The shipmen agreed to this , and they lowered a great coffin box into a boat and came with it to the shore . When they got to the shore they lifted out the box and proceeded to carry it up toward the chapel . It seemed to be very heavy ...
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WHEN the children reported to Mrs. Morelle that they had examined the different ways of going from Paris to London , and that they hac decided in favor of the route by the Channel Islands , she seemed quite surprised , and said that she ...
WHEN the children reported to Mrs. Morelle that they had examined the different ways of going from Paris to London , and that they hac decided in favor of the route by the Channel Islands , she seemed quite surprised , and said that she ...
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Grimkie seemed very much surprised when he first saw the men at work upon this stone , as they were cutting it with , saws having regular teeth , like those of the saws used in working upon wood . The truth is , that this famous stone ...
Grimkie seemed very much surprised when he first saw the men at work upon this stone , as they were cutting it with , saws having regular teeth , like those of the saws used in working upon wood . The truth is , that this famous stone ...
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The party went to this gate and looking in they saw a large open court , with what seemed to be the library building on the farther side of it . On the left side of the entrance to the court was the porter's lodge .
The party went to this gate and looking in they saw a large open court , with what seemed to be the library building on the farther side of it . On the left side of the entrance to the court was the porter's lodge .
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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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