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The price for the three rooms is twenty - five shillings a week , " said Mrs. Jones . " British or Jersey ? " asked Grimkie . " British , " said Mrs. Jones . " The rent of rooms in Jersey is always British .
The price for the three rooms is twenty - five shillings a week , " said Mrs. Jones . " British or Jersey ? " asked Grimkie . " British , " said Mrs. Jones . " The rent of rooms in Jersey is always British .
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If you have a fire that will be two shillings a week besides . " " That will make twenty - seven shillings a week , then , in all , ” said Grimkie . " Exactly so , " said Mrs. Jones . Twenty - seven shillings a week is at the rate of ...
If you have a fire that will be two shillings a week besides . " " That will make twenty - seven shillings a week , then , in all , ” said Grimkie . " Exactly so , " said Mrs. Jones . Twenty - seven shillings a week is at the rate of ...
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In a word , she determined at once to take the rooms for a week . " We will consider the rent as settled at twenty - five shillings a week , " she said GETTING SETTLED IN LODGINGS . 165.
In a word , she determined at once to take the rooms for a week . " We will consider the rent as settled at twenty - five shillings a week , " she said GETTING SETTLED IN LODGINGS . 165.
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twenty - five shillings a week , " she said to Mrs. Jones , " but as to the coal for the fires , if you please , we will not make any bargain about that , for I may use more than most people would , and I may wish for a fire in my bed ...
twenty - five shillings a week , " she said to Mrs. Jones , " but as to the coal for the fires , if you please , we will not make any bargain about that , for I may use more than most people would , and I may wish for a fire in my bed ...
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... whole territory was embraced in the view , and the spires of almost all the churches were seen . After remaining on the tower for a few minutes , the party came down again . Grimkie gave the innkeeper the key , and two shillings to ...
... whole territory was embraced in the view , and the spires of almost all the churches were seen . After remaining on the tower for a few minutes , the party came down again . Grimkie gave the innkeeper the key , and two shillings to ...
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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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