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The immense windows which were seen here and there , the arches , the grotesque corbels , the towers , the spires , the flying buttresses , the antique statues standing sentry in niches made for them in the walls , the sculptured ...
The immense windows which were seen here and there , the arches , the grotesque corbels , the towers , the spires , the flying buttresses , the antique statues standing sentry in niches made for them in the walls , the sculptured ...
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Matilda's abbey was situated on a hill , and the spires and towers which arose from the central portion of it , and the long ranges of building around , which now form the hospital , gave it quite a majestic appearance .
Matilda's abbey was situated on a hill , and the spires and towers which arose from the central portion of it , and the long ranges of building around , which now form the hospital , gave it quite a majestic appearance .
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... of green fields and gardens , and marked conspicuously at a distance of many miles by the towers , and spires , and lofty battlemented roofs of an immense cathedral , rising from the centre of it , far above the other buildings .
... of green fields and gardens , and marked conspicuously at a distance of many miles by the towers , and spires , and lofty battlemented roofs of an immense cathedral , rising from the centre of it , far above the other buildings .
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... and the railway , all meandering through it in a charming manner -and a great cathedral , with hundreds of daws flying and cawing about the towers and spires of it - and a quaint and queerly arranged hotel , with stone floors and an ...
... and the railway , all meandering through it in a charming manner -and a great cathedral , with hundreds of daws flying and cawing about the towers and spires of it - and a quaint and queerly arranged hotel , with stone floors and an ...
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At the two extremities of the bay , were two lofty and picturesque promontories , crowned with fortresses and Martello towers . Along the whole extent of the bay too , back of the sandy beach which bordered the water , the land rose ...
At the two extremities of the bay , were two lofty and picturesque promontories , crowned with fortresses and Martello towers . Along the whole extent of the bay too , back of the sandy beach which bordered the water , the land rose ...
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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,...
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| Title | The Florence Stories The Florence Stories, Jacob Abbott |
| Author | Jacob Abbott |
| Publisher | Sheldon, 1867 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Apr 2008 |
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