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... 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.
... 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.
Page 56
Jacob Abbott. The girl conducted Mrs. Morelle and her party into the room , and showed them where the series of pictures began . She also gave them a small pamphlet , containing a description of the succes- sive scenes represented on the ...
Jacob Abbott. The girl conducted Mrs. Morelle and her party into the room , and showed them where the series of pictures began . She also gave them a small pamphlet , containing a description of the succes- sive scenes represented on the ...
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... girl sitting there at a table with a number of pieces of black lace of various kinds upon it , which she was offering for sale to the visitors . There were several ladies around her , looking at the lace , and bargaining for it . Mrs ...
... girl sitting there at a table with a number of pieces of black lace of various kinds upon it , which she was offering for sale to the visitors . There were several ladies around her , looking at the lace , and bargaining for it . Mrs ...
Page 64
... girl who makes it has this cushion before her on a little table . On the upper part of it , which is very convex , is the pattern . The pattern is made of very thick paper , and the lines , dots , figures and meshes of all sorts which ...
... girl who makes it has this cushion before her on a little table . On the upper part of it , which is very convex , is the pattern . The pattern is made of very thick paper , and the lines , dots , figures and meshes of all sorts which ...
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... girl who was making the lace , sat before the cushion . Mrs. Morelle and Flor- ence stopped to see several of them , and to talk with them about the work . They would take out a pin from the back part of the work , which was finished ...
... girl who was making the lace , sat before the cushion . Mrs. Morelle and Flor- ence stopped to see several of them , and to talk with them about the work . They would take out a pin from the back part of the work , which was finished ...
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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,...