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Page 105
... Auntie , " said Grimkie , " they will be very short ; and besides , we shall wait at each place for pleasant weather and a smooth sea . " St. Lo proved to be an exceedingly picturesque and beautiful old French town . There was an upper ...
... Auntie , " said Grimkie , " they will be very short ; and besides , we shall wait at each place for pleasant weather and a smooth sea . " St. Lo proved to be an exceedingly picturesque and beautiful old French town . There was an upper ...
Page 110
... Auntie , and let her make a big pincushion of it . " When the children arrived at the hotel they showed Mrs. Morelle the shoes , and Florence taking off her own shoes put the wooden ones on , and tried to walk about the floor in them ...
... Auntie , and let her make a big pincushion of it . " When the children arrived at the hotel they showed Mrs. Morelle the shoes , and Florence taking off her own shoes put the wooden ones on , and tried to walk about the floor in them ...
Page 113
... Auntie , " said Grimkie , " we should like to have you go very much . Besides , you can see what kind of a diligence it is , and choose your seat better . " When they arrived at the station , they saw the diligence office , with a sign ...
... Auntie , " said Grimkie , " we should like to have you go very much . Besides , you can see what kind of a diligence it is , and choose your seat better . " When they arrived at the station , they saw the diligence office , with a sign ...
Page 119
... Auntie , " said he . 66 Would you get out , Grimkie ? " said Mrs. Morelle . " How long are we going to stop ? " Grimkie interpreted the question to the girls , and after hearing their reply he said to his aunt , " About half an hour ...
... Auntie , " said he . 66 Would you get out , Grimkie ? " said Mrs. Morelle . " How long are we going to stop ? " Grimkie interpreted the question to the girls , and after hearing their reply he said to his aunt , " About half an hour ...
Page 120
... Auntie . You can go into the inn , and so see what kind of inns they have in such a place as this . " So the two girls assisted Mrs. Morelle and Florence to descend from their places , and then conducted them into the house . It was a ...
... Auntie . You can go into the inn , and so see what kind of inns they have in such a place as this . " So the two girls assisted Mrs. Morelle and Florence to descend from their places , and then conducted them into the house . It was a ...
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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,...