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... standing , there was a coffee - room , and upon the sidewalk in front of it there were several groups of ladies and gentlemen sitting at little tables and drinking coffee , or eating ices , in the open air ; or rather in the open court ...
... standing , there was a coffee - room , and upon the sidewalk in front of it there were several groups of ladies and gentlemen sitting at little tables and drinking coffee , or eating ices , in the open air ; or rather in the open court ...
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... divine service , and for other religious cere- monies , and also of ranges of other buildings , for the occupancy of the monks and nuns . men . These abbeys are still standing , though they have been MORE STORIES . 33.
... divine service , and for other religious cere- monies , and also of ranges of other buildings , for the occupancy of the monks and nuns . men . These abbeys are still standing , though they have been MORE STORIES . 33.
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Jacob Abbott. These abbeys are still standing , though they have been diverted from their original design . One is now used as a hospital , and the other as a public school . " And we shall see both of them , when we get to Caen , " said ...
Jacob Abbott. These abbeys are still standing , though they have been diverted from their original design . One is now used as a hospital , and the other as a public school . " And we shall see both of them , when we get to Caen , " said ...
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... standing sentry in niches made for them in the walls , the sculptured cornices , all darkened in color and softened in tone by the lapse of time , and the sound of the bells , some of which were exceedingly loud , and emitted an ...
... standing sentry in niches made for them in the walls , the sculptured cornices , all darkened in color and softened in tone by the lapse of time , and the sound of the bells , some of which were exceedingly loud , and emitted an ...
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... standing end to the street , with a long paved yard extending along the side of it to neat looking stables in the rear . Madame Achard herself , a handsome and motherly look- ing woman of middle age , accompanied by a waiter , a ...
... standing end to the street , with a long paved yard extending along the side of it to neat looking stables in the rear . Madame Achard herself , a handsome and motherly look- ing woman of middle age , accompanied by a waiter , a ...
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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,...