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... took possession of it by force . This was what is called in history the Norman Conquest . For many generations after that time England and Normandy - including many countries adjacent to Normandy — were united and formed one kingdom ...
... took possession of it by force . This was what is called in history the Norman Conquest . For many generations after that time England and Normandy - including many countries adjacent to Normandy — were united and formed one kingdom ...
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... took from his pocket book a small piece of paper , and laid it down upon the map in such a manner that the edge of it touched the island of Alderney in one part , and extended thence to the nearest point on the adjacent shore . He ...
... took from his pocket book a small piece of paper , and laid it down upon the map in such a manner that the edge of it touched the island of Alderney in one part , and extended thence to the nearest point on the adjacent shore . He ...
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... took it from the French in some of the old wars . " Well , " said John , " I should like to hear it too , " " Sark is one of the Channel Islands , " said Grimkie , “ and the shores of it are formed of cliffs of rocks which extend all ...
... took it from the French in some of the old wars . " Well , " said John , " I should like to hear it too , " " Sark is one of the Channel Islands , " said Grimkie , “ and the shores of it are formed of cliffs of rocks which extend all ...
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... 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 . " As soon as the Sark men reached the ship , the armed men rose upon them suddenly ...
... 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 . " As soon as the Sark men reached the ship , the armed men rose upon them suddenly ...
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... took him off his horse and carried him away and took care of him , but he never got over the hurt . He was very large and fleshy at this time of his life , and that made it the worse for him . He lingered six weeks and then died . " We ...
... took him off his horse and carried him away and took care of him , but he never got over the hurt . He was very large and fleshy at this time of his life , and that made it the worse for him . He lingered six weeks and then died . " 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,...