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Page 169
... half a sheet of note- paper . " I may as well begin making my housekeep- ing arrangements , " said she . There was a bronze inkstand upon a side table near the fire , with pens and everything necessary for writing by the side of it ...
... half a sheet of note- paper . " I may as well begin making my housekeep- ing arrangements , " said she . There was a bronze inkstand upon a side table near the fire , with pens and everything necessary for writing by the side of it ...
Page 181
... half an hour at this house , the party ascended a winding road , which led up to the top of the promontory beyond the town , where they obtained a very wide and com- manding view . They could see the coast of France extending all along ...
... half an hour at this house , the party ascended a winding road , which led up to the top of the promontory beyond the town , where they obtained a very wide and com- manding view . They could see the coast of France extending all along ...
Page 182
... Morelle and Florence inside , and Grimkie and John upon the top , and in half an hour were landed at the corner of the street where they lived , in town . CHAPTER XVIII . THE CASTLE OF MONT ORGUEIL . THE 182 FIRST WALK IN JERSEY .
... Morelle and Florence inside , and Grimkie and John upon the top , and in half an hour were landed at the corner of the street where they lived , in town . CHAPTER XVIII . THE CASTLE OF MONT ORGUEIL . THE 182 FIRST WALK IN JERSEY .
Page 184
... will ask them in French . " " How far is it ? " asked Mrs. Morelle . " Is is four or five miles , " said Grimkie . “ That will take us two hours , or two hours and a half , if we go at the rate of 184 THE CASTLE OF MONT ORGUEIL .
... will ask them in French . " " How far is it ? " asked Mrs. Morelle . " Is is four or five miles , " said Grimkie . “ That will take us two hours , or two hours and a half , if we go at the rate of 184 THE CASTLE OF MONT ORGUEIL .
Page 185
... half- past twelve . At the foot of the mountain there was a small port and village named Gorey , and an omnibus running from it to the town of St. Helier . Grimkie's plan was , after visiting the castle , to go down to the village and ...
... half- past twelve . At the foot of the mountain there was a small port and village named Gorey , and an omnibus running from it to the town of St. Helier . Grimkie's plan was , after visiting the castle , to go down to the village and ...
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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,...