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... Grimkie , who had learned these facts in the his- torical lectures which he had attended at his school at the ... Grimkie ? " --- Grimkie said that with the newly invented guns which throw a sort of bolt , shaped some- what like a ...
... Grimkie , who had learned these facts in the his- torical lectures which he had attended at his school at the ... Grimkie ? " --- Grimkie said that with the newly invented guns which throw a sort of bolt , shaped some- what like a ...
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... Grimkie . So saying 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 ...
... Grimkie . So saying 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 ...
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... Grimkie . " Let us wait till he comes , and then I will tell it to both of you . " John , who had been looking for Grimkie and Florence , was coming into the great drawing room to see if they were there . When he saw them he appeared ...
... Grimkie . " Let us wait till he comes , and then I will tell it to both of you . " John , who had been looking for Grimkie and Florence , was coming into the great drawing room to see if they were there . When he saw them he appeared ...
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... Grimkie told her about the Channel Islands , and particularly about Normandy , the country through which the chief part of their journey lay , on the way to the place where they would embark for the islands . Most of the stories which ...
... Grimkie told her about the Channel Islands , and particularly about Normandy , the country through which the chief part of their journey lay , on the way to the place where they would embark for the islands . Most of the stories which ...
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... Grimkie , " if we go that way . " " And can we go into them ? " asked Florence . " Yes , I suppose so , " said Grimkie . " But there is one thing that we can certainly go and see , " continued Grimkie , " which will amuse you very much ...
... Grimkie , " if we go that way . " " And can we go into them ? " asked Florence . " Yes , I suppose so , " said Grimkie . " But there is one thing that we can certainly go and see , " continued Grimkie , " which will amuse you very much ...
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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,...