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Page 77
... - mains in them , in fact , but small tortuous streams of turbid water winding through the centre , while everywhere else nothing is seen but a vast expanse of mud , in which boats , 7 * ABOUT HARBORS AND ROADSTEADS . 77.
... - mains in them , in fact , but small tortuous streams of turbid water winding through the centre , while everywhere else nothing is seen but a vast expanse of mud , in which boats , 7 * ABOUT HARBORS AND ROADSTEADS . 77.
Page 94
... winding a series of charming valleys , with pretty roads leading through them , and peasant's cot- tages , with children playing , and talking French in their play , before the doors , and rows of women kneeling in shallow boxes ...
... winding a series of charming valleys , with pretty roads leading through them , and peasant's cot- tages , with children playing , and talking French in their play , before the doors , and rows of women kneeling in shallow boxes ...
Page 106
... winding - and groups of children clattering about over the pavements in their wooden shoes . These wooden shoes are called sabots . " I would buy a pair of those wooden shoes , " said Grimkie , " and carry them home for a curi- osity if ...
... winding - and groups of children clattering about over the pavements in their wooden shoes . These wooden shoes are called sabots . " I would buy a pair of those wooden shoes , " said Grimkie , " and carry them home for a curi- osity if ...
Page 115
... winding street , and over a stone bridge to the station . The baggage was there transferred to the top of the diligence , and they themselves walked about the station grounds , amusing them- selves with watching the various operations ...
... winding street , and over a stone bridge to the station . The baggage was there transferred to the top of the diligence , and they themselves walked about the station grounds , amusing them- selves with watching the various operations ...
Page 137
... winding road into the town . As they were descending , Mrs. Morelle told them that she had come to a decision in respect to going to Mont St. Michel . " I have concluded to let it depend upon the weather , " said she . " If it is ...
... winding road into the town . As they were descending , Mrs. Morelle told them that she had come to a decision in respect to going to Mont St. Michel . " I have concluded to let it depend upon the weather , " said she . " If it is ...
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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,...