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... TAPESTRY ... VII . THE LACE - MAKERS .. 46 53 64 VIII . - ABOUT HARBORS AND ROADSTEADS . TX . - CHERBOURG ... X - THE CONSCRIPTION ... XI . THE WOODEN SHOES .... 75 84 98 104 XII . - RIDE IN THE DILIGENCE ...... € 112 XIII . - GRANVILLE ...
... TAPESTRY ... VII . THE LACE - MAKERS .. 46 53 64 VIII . - ABOUT HARBORS AND ROADSTEADS . TX . - CHERBOURG ... X - THE CONSCRIPTION ... XI . THE WOODEN SHOES .... 75 84 98 104 XII . - RIDE IN THE DILIGENCE ...... € 112 XIII . - GRANVILLE ...
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... COURT OF THE HOTEL ... ...... . ..Frontispiece . 13 III . - VIEWING THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY .. 57 IV . ASCENDING THE ROULE AT CHERBOURG . 87 V - GRANVILLE .. 135 VI - MONT ORGUEL .. 188 THE ENGLISH CHANNEL CHAPTER I. THE GREAT HOTEL . THE.
... COURT OF THE HOTEL ... ...... . ..Frontispiece . 13 III . - VIEWING THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY .. 57 IV . ASCENDING THE ROULE AT CHERBOURG . 87 V - GRANVILLE .. 135 VI - MONT ORGUEL .. 188 THE ENGLISH CHANNEL CHAPTER I. THE GREAT HOTEL . THE.
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... tapestry . " Florence had herself read about the Bayeux tapestry in the history of William the Conqueror , but John had not , and he asked Grimkie what it was . Grimkie proceeded to explain the cir- cumstances of this famous tapestry ...
... tapestry . " Florence had herself read about the Bayeux tapestry in the history of William the Conqueror , but John had not , and he asked Grimkie what it was . Grimkie proceeded to explain the cir- cumstances of this famous tapestry ...
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... tapestry . For several cen- turies it was kept in the cathedral , among other treasures , but it is now deposited in a public library , where it is visited and examined by all travellers passing that way , who take an interest in such ...
... tapestry . For several cen- turies it was kept in the cathedral , among other treasures , but it is now deposited in a public library , where it is visited and examined by all travellers passing that way , who take an interest in such ...
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... tapestry , was renowned for the making of laces , -that the girls and women of the village could be seen at their cottage doors , in pleasant weather , at work upon the lace , with their cushions on a little table before them , and ...
... tapestry , was renowned for the making of laces , -that the girls and women of the village could be seen at their cottage doors , in pleasant weather , at work upon the lace , with their cushions on a little table before them , and ...
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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,...