The Florence StoriesSheldon, 1867 |
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Page 48
... Morelle thought of after the breakfast was concluded was the tapes- try ; but on inquiry she found that it was not open to exhibition on that day , which as it hap- pened was Saturday . So the party spent the afternoon in rambling about ...
... Morelle thought of after the breakfast was concluded was the tapes- try ; but on inquiry she found that it was not open to exhibition on that day , which as it hap- pened was Saturday . So the party spent the afternoon in rambling about ...
Page 49
... Morelle and her party took possession of some of the chairs , Grimkie having chosen a place where they could see well what was going on . Very soon after they had taken their seats , a tidy - looking young woman , dressed in the costume ...
... Morelle and her party took possession of some of the chairs , Grimkie having chosen a place where they could see well what was going on . Very soon after they had taken their seats , a tidy - looking young woman , dressed in the costume ...
Page 50
... Morelle and John , who happened to be first in going out , got separated a little from Florence and Grimkie , who came afterward . As Florence and Grimkie were walking along , they noticed before them two young men whom Grimkie observed ...
... Morelle and John , who happened to be first in going out , got separated a little from Florence and Grimkie , who came afterward . As Florence and Grimkie were walking along , they noticed before them two young men whom Grimkie observed ...
Page 52
... Morelle's party . How Mrs. Morelle would have answered the question , if it had been referred to her , I cannot say . It is a difficult question , and one which greatly divides the opinions of conscientious protestants traveling in ...
... Morelle's party . How Mrs. Morelle would have answered the question , if it had been referred to her , I cannot say . It is a difficult question , and one which greatly divides the opinions of conscientious protestants traveling in ...
Page 55
... a n m PLAN OF THE ROOM . The outer lines r , 7 , r , r , represent the outline of the room , and the figure in the centre the form of the range of cases . The The girl conducted Mrs. Morelle and her party into the THE TAPESTRY . 55.
... a n m PLAN OF THE ROOM . The outer lines r , 7 , r , r , represent the outline of the room , and the figure in the centre the form of the range of cases . The The girl conducted Mrs. Morelle and her party into the THE TAPESTRY . 55.
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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,...