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... soon as we get home . " When they reached the hotel , the carriage drove in under the arched passage - way which led to the court of the hotel . This passage i in four parts , the parts being separated by columns . One of these passages ...
... soon as we get home . " When they reached the hotel , the carriage drove in under the arched passage - way which led to the court of the hotel . This passage i in four parts , the parts being separated by columns . One of these passages ...
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... soon as the Sark men reached the ship , the armed men rose upon them suddenly from their hiding places , and seized them ; and at the same time the men who had gone on shore had formed the funeral procession , and when they reached the ...
... soon as the Sark men reached the ship , the armed men rose upon them suddenly from their hiding places , and seized them ; and at the same time the men who had gone on shore had formed the funeral procession , and when they reached the ...
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... soon as the tidings of the marriage reached the pope , he sent word to William that such a union was within the prohibited degrees of relationship , and he and Matilda must separate . William refused to put away his wife . Then the pope ...
... soon as the tidings of the marriage reached the pope , he sent word to William that such a union was within the prohibited degrees of relationship , and he and Matilda must separate . William refused to put away his wife . Then the pope ...
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... and were conveyed to the station ; and there taking the train which came by soon afterward , they proceeded to Bayeux and took lodgings at the hotel of Madame Achard . CHAPTER V. BAYEUX . BAYEUX as it was seen by JOURNEY TO BAYEUX . 45.
... and were conveyed to the station ; and there taking the train which came by soon afterward , they proceeded to Bayeux and took lodgings at the hotel of Madame Achard . CHAPTER V. BAYEUX . BAYEUX as it was seen by JOURNEY TO BAYEUX . 45.
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... soon as they were ready , and were there directed to the dining - room , which was a sort of back parlor , with a pretty long table in it , ready set as if for dinner . " If they ask us what we will have , " said Mrs. Morelle , " we ...
... soon as they were ready , and were there directed to the dining - room , which was a sort of back parlor , with a pretty long table in it , ready set as if for dinner . " If they ask us what we will have , " said Mrs. Morelle , " we ...
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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,...