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Page 42
... front of the saddles . " At length the train arrived at the town of Caen , which the French pronounce as if they began to say Cong , and stopped short in the middle of the sound . They remained at Caen two or three days , and rambled ...
... front of the saddles . " At length the train arrived at the town of Caen , which the French pronounce as if they began to say Cong , and stopped short in the middle of the sound . They remained at Caen two or three days , and rambled ...
Page 54
... front door of the library building , and ushered them in , * They entered first a sort of hall , the walls of which were hung with pictures , and the centre occupied with a broad spiral staircase , ascending to the story above . On one ...
... front door of the library building , and ushered them in , * They entered first a sort of hall , the walls of which were hung with pictures , and the centre occupied with a broad spiral staircase , ascending to the story above . On one ...
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... front , so as to admit the spectator to see both sides of the cases . The lower portion of the cases consisted of open arches , with a broad shelf extending across near the bottom , which shelf was filled with old curiosities of various ...
... front , so as to admit the spectator to see both sides of the cases . The lower portion of the cases consisted of open arches , with a broad shelf extending across near the bottom , which shelf was filled with old curiosities of various ...
Page 65
... front of the cushion , and on the sides , are an immense num- ber of bobbins , each with its thread attached to it , and hanging from the pattern . These bobbins consist of a handle , with a long and slender spool at the farther end of ...
... front of the cushion , and on the sides , are an immense num- ber of bobbins , each with its thread attached to it , and hanging from the pattern . These bobbins consist of a handle , with a long and slender spool at the farther end of ...
Page 86
... front . * The party concluded to go up by the road and come down by the footpath . In the engraving we see them in the act of ascending . After going up a considerable part of the way , they all stopped to rest , and Mrs. Morelle looked ...
... front . * The party concluded to go up by the road and come down by the footpath . In the engraving we see them in the act of ascending . After going up a considerable part of the way , they all stopped to rest , and Mrs. Morelle looked ...
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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,...