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... shillings of which are of less value than the shilling ster- ling . Grimkie had learned from the guide - book that it was often necessary to inquire , before making a bargain , which currency was meant , in order to prevent ...
... shillings of which are of less value than the shilling ster- ling . Grimkie had learned from the guide - book that it was often necessary to inquire , before making a bargain , which currency was meant , in order to prevent ...
Page 164
... shillings a week be- sides . " " That will make twenty - seven shillings a week , then , in all , " said Grimkie . 66 Exactly so , " said Mrs. Jones . Twenty - seven shillings a week is at the rate of about one dollar a day . Grimkie ...
... shillings a week be- sides . " " That will make twenty - seven shillings a week , then , in all , " said Grimkie . 66 Exactly so , " said Mrs. Jones . Twenty - seven shillings a week is at the rate of about one dollar a day . Grimkie ...
Page 165
... , and was pleased with the prospect from the windows . In a word , she determined at once to take he rooms for a week . " We will consider the rent as settled at twenty - five shillings a week , " she said GETTING SETTLED IN LODGINGS . 165.
... , and was pleased with the prospect from the windows . In a word , she determined at once to take he rooms for a week . " We will consider the rent as settled at twenty - five shillings a week , " she said GETTING SETTLED IN LODGINGS . 165.
Page 166
Jacob Abbott. twenty - five shillings a week , " she said to Mrs. Jones , " but as to the coal for the fires , if you ... shilling besides -the girl that brought the books to me , and the chambermaid , and the porter who puts the bag ...
Jacob Abbott. twenty - five shillings a week , " she said to Mrs. Jones , " but as to the coal for the fires , if you ... shilling besides -the girl that brought the books to me , and the chambermaid , and the porter who puts the bag ...
Page 203
... few min- utes , the party came down again . Grimkie gave the innkeeper the key , and two shillings to pay for the admission . Then they all entered the carriage and rode on . In fifteen or twenty minutes more they ar- rived in A DRIVE .
... few min- utes , the party came down again . Grimkie gave the innkeeper the key , and two shillings to pay for the admission . Then they all entered the carriage and rode on . In fifteen or twenty minutes more they ar- rived in A DRIVE .
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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,...