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We shall see some of the biggest ships in the world there riding at anchor . The road is sheltered by the Isle of Wight . " " The road ? " repeated Florence , rather puzzled . " Yes , the roadstead , —the shallow place in the water ...
We shall see some of the biggest ships in the world there riding at anchor . The road is sheltered by the Isle of Wight . " " The road ? " repeated Florence , rather puzzled . " Yes , the roadstead , —the shallow place in the water ...
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That is a famous great place for ships and docks . ” " Oh , dear me ! " said Florence with a sigh . " There is an immense great breakwater there . They call it the Digue . " " I don't think I should like that route very much , " said ...
That is a famous great place for ships and docks . ” " Oh , dear me ! " said Florence with a sigh . " There is an immense great breakwater there . They call it the Digue . " " I don't think I should like that route very much , " said ...
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... and there were forts and batteries there that no ship that was small enough to get into such a little harbor could take . And yet there were not a great many men there , 28 THE CHANNEL ISLANDS .
... and there were forts and batteries there that no ship that was small enough to get into such a little harbor could take . And yet there were not a great many men there , 28 THE CHANNEL ISLANDS .
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... in a burying ground upon the island , near a chapel , saying , that if the islanders would grant this request , they would in return reward them with a good present of the best of the commodities that they had on board their ship .
... in a burying ground upon the island , near a chapel , saying , that if the islanders would grant this request , they would in return reward them with a good present of the best of the commodities that they had on board their ship .
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the boat to go up to the chapel and attend to the funeral , and they themselves took the boat and went off to the ship to get the commodities . The agreement was that they were to do this while the shipmen were burying the body .
the boat to go up to the chapel and attend to the funeral , and they themselves took the boat and went off to the ship to get the commodities . The agreement was that they were to do this while the shipmen were burying the body .
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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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