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... street . The entrance to the hotel , as is the case with most of the palaces , hotels and large establish- ments in Paris , is not directly from the street , but from a court in the interior of the edifice . The structure is so large ...
... street . The entrance to the hotel , as is the case with most of the palaces , hotels and large establish- ments in Paris , is not directly from the street , but from a court in the interior of the edifice . The structure is so large ...
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... streets in Paris - drinking coffee , or beer , or sugared water , or employed , the gentlemen in reading the newspapers or smoking cigars , and the ladies in watching the throng of persons passing by on the outer portion of the sidewalk ...
... streets in Paris - drinking coffee , or beer , or sugared water , or employed , the gentlemen in reading the newspapers or smoking cigars , and the ladies in watching the throng of persons passing by on the outer portion of the sidewalk ...
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... streets to see the mischief that he had made , and his horse stepped on some of the embers that were still on fire . The embers burnt the horse's foot and made him rear up sud- denly , and the pommel of the saddle , or some- thing else ...
... streets to see the mischief that he had made , and his horse stepped on some of the embers that were still on fire . The embers burnt the horse's foot and made him rear up sud- denly , and the pommel of the saddle , or some- thing else ...
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... streets of shops , and of ancient look- ing dwellings . On the other side , the convent buildings and the grounds extended out over a beautiful plain , which presented a charming series of gardens and meadows , and other scenes of rural ...
... streets of shops , and of ancient look- ing dwellings . On the other side , the convent buildings and the grounds extended out over a beautiful plain , which presented a charming series of gardens and meadows , and other scenes of rural ...
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... streets were narrow , and paved with stone like those of a city , and bordered by ranges of stone houses three or four stories high , with great gateways here and there opening into beautiful gardens and grounds within . At the doors of ...
... streets were narrow , and paved with stone like those of a city , and bordered by ranges of stone houses three or four stories high , with great gateways here and there opening into beautiful gardens and grounds within . At the doors of ...
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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,...