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Page 120
Jacob Abbott. " About half an hour , they say . I would get out , Auntie . You can go into the inn , and so see what kind of inns they have in such a place as this . " So the two girls assisted Mrs. Morelle and Florence to descend from ...
Jacob Abbott. " About half an hour , they say . I would get out , Auntie . You can go into the inn , and so see what kind of inns they have in such a place as this . " So the two girls assisted Mrs. Morelle and Florence to descend from ...
Page 129
... ville , a port of embarkation for Jersey . About half - way between these two ports is situated the very Mont St. Michel . singular and celebrated eminence called The plan which Grimkie and Florence had formed , was GRANVILLE . 129.
... ville , a port of embarkation for Jersey . About half - way between these two ports is situated the very Mont St. Michel . singular and celebrated eminence called The plan which Grimkie and Florence had formed , was GRANVILLE . 129.
Page 133
... half an hour longer , " said Flor- ence . " Very well , " said Mrs. Morelle . " I will con- sider the subject , and let you know some time to - day what I decide . " The situation of the town of Granville is ex- tremely picturesque ...
... half an hour longer , " said Flor- ence . " Very well , " said Mrs. Morelle . " I will con- sider the subject , and let you know some time to - day what I decide . " The situation of the town of Granville is ex- tremely picturesque ...
Page 139
... half past eleven set out from the hotel , Mrs. Morelle and her party following , along the sidewalk , on foot . Mrs. Morelle said that she preferred to walk , it was such a charming day . Besides , the young girl who served as clerk and ...
... half past eleven set out from the hotel , Mrs. Morelle and her party following , along the sidewalk , on foot . Mrs. Morelle said that she preferred to walk , it was such a charming day . Besides , the young girl who served as clerk and ...
Page 149
... half a mile into the sea . Within the basins a great number of steamers and ships were lying . Among them the Comet , the steamer in which they had She was blowing off her surplus steam . was come . Beyond was the castle on the island ...
... half a mile into the sea . Within the basins a great number of steamers and ships were lying . Among them the Comet , the steamer in which they had She was blowing off her surplus steam . was come . Beyond was the castle on the island ...
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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,...