The Florence StoriesSheldon, 1867 |
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Page 54
... door of the lodge , invited them to come in , and then when Grimkie told her that they had come to see the tapestry , she conducted them across the court to the front door of the library building , and ushered them in , * They entered ...
... door of the lodge , invited them to come in , and then when Grimkie told her that they had come to see the tapestry , she conducted them across the court to the front door of the library building , and ushered them in , * They entered ...
Page 64
... doors , and at the corners of the streets . Bayeux is a very quiet town , the making of lace , and the subordinate trades connected with it being the principal resource of the inhabitants . The lace is made upon a cushion , by means of ...
... doors , and at the corners of the streets . Bayeux is a very quiet town , the making of lace , and the subordinate trades connected with it being the principal resource of the inhabitants . The lace is made upon a cushion , by means of ...
Page 67
... doors . The fact was , that these persons do not in any case make the lace on their own account , but always for certain large dealers , called lace manufac- turers , who give out the patterns and the ma- terials , and pay the women for ...
... doors . The fact was , that these persons do not in any case make the lace on their own account , but always for certain large dealers , called lace manufac- turers , who give out the patterns and the ma- terials , and pay the women for ...
Page 68
... door of the house in a sort of wing , by a young man , who accosted them at first in French , but when he found it was an American party , he began at once to speak English . The room which the party entered first was a counting - room ...
... door of the house in a sort of wing , by a young man , who accosted them at first in French , but when he found it was an American party , he began at once to speak English . The room which the party entered first was a counting - room ...
Page 73
... . Then besides , for such work a very quiet town is necessary - inhabited by people of simple tastes , willing to sit all day at their cottage doors , and ply their bobbins from morning to night 7 THE LACE - MAKERS . 73.
... . Then besides , for such work a very quiet town is necessary - inhabited by people of simple tastes , willing to sit all day at their cottage doors , and ply their bobbins from morning to night 7 THE LACE - MAKERS . 73.
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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,...