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Page 111
... boy came running behind to get a ride . Finding that he could not run fast enough he stooped down and took off his wooden shoes , doing it so dexterously and so quick , that he scarcely stopped his running in the operation . He then ...
... boy came running behind to get a ride . Finding that he could not run fast enough he stooped down and took off his wooden shoes , doing it so dexterously and so quick , that he scarcely stopped his running in the operation . He then ...
Page 122
... boys and girls in their wooden shoes clamping off and backing up as close as possible to the buildings on each side , as the wheels of the great vehicle went thundering by . After leaving Coutances and entering the grand highway again ...
... boys and girls in their wooden shoes clamping off and backing up as close as possible to the buildings on each side , as the wheels of the great vehicle went thundering by . After leaving Coutances and entering the grand highway again ...
Page 142
... boys to see what was to be seen . By this time a number of passengers had come on board . Among them were two or three En- glish gentlemen and ladies , apparently on a tour , and several groups of the people of the country -women with ...
... boys to see what was to be seen . By this time a number of passengers had come on board . Among them were two or three En- glish gentlemen and ladies , apparently on a tour , and several groups of the people of the country -women with ...
Page 145
... " " I call it seeing distinctly , when you can see the windows of the houses , " said Mrs. Morelle . The boys went forward again , and presently returned saying , that they could see the windows of 13 PASSAGE TO JERSEY . 145.
... " " I call it seeing distinctly , when you can see the windows of the houses , " said Mrs. Morelle . The boys went forward again , and presently returned saying , that they could see the windows of 13 PASSAGE TO JERSEY . 145.
Page 158
... boy besides us two . " The woman looked still very suspiciously at Grimkie , and after a moment's pause she said , " Where is the ... boys in this town that some- times come and plague her . Perhaps they ring the 158 LOOKING FOR Lodgings .
... boy besides us two . " The woman looked still very suspiciously at Grimkie , and after a moment's pause she said , " Where is the ... boys in this town that some- times come and plague her . Perhaps they ring the 158 LOOKING FOR Lodgings .
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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,...