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... Florence was in Paris , with her mother and Grimkie , the party had lodgings at this establishment . Florence's father was with them when they came to the hotel , but he had now gone away and had left Mrs. Morelle and the chil- dren ...
... Florence was in Paris , with her mother and Grimkie , the party had lodgings at this establishment . Florence's father was with them when they came to the hotel , but he had now gone away and had left Mrs. Morelle and the chil- dren ...
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... Florence went up the steps a little way , and then stopped and remained there for a time , looking over the balus- trade and surveying the scene presented to her view in the court . There was a sort of sidewalk extending all around the ...
... Florence went up the steps a little way , and then stopped and remained there for a time , looking over the balus- trade and surveying the scene presented to her view in the court . There was a sort of sidewalk extending all around the ...
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... Florence and Grimkie . Florence waited on the steps until Grimkie had paid the fare and made the coachman his present , for in Paris it is always customary when you take a carriage , in addition to the fare which the law allows for the ...
... Florence and Grimkie . Florence waited on the steps until Grimkie had paid the fare and made the coachman his present , for in Paris it is always customary when you take a carriage , in addition to the fare which the law allows for the ...
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... Florence , looking toward the man . 66 No , " said Grimkie , " I know where to find them myself . " So saying , Grimkie led the way to one of the tables , and established himself and Florence in two comfortable chairs near it , and then ...
... Florence , looking toward the man . 66 No , " said Grimkie , " I know where to find them myself . " So saying , Grimkie led the way to one of the tables , and established himself and Florence in two comfortable chairs near it , and then ...
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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,...