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Page 93
... hill , in rambling about the town . They met with objects and indications every where , which marked the naval and ... hills and rocky cliffs seen in every direction , all surmounted with castles , forts and batteries , and some of them ...
... hill , in rambling about the town . They met with objects and indications every where , which marked the naval and ... hills and rocky cliffs seen in every direction , all surmounted with castles , forts and batteries , and some of them ...
Page 94
... hills were seen winding a series of charming valleys , with pretty roads leading through them , and peasant's cot- tages , with children playing , and talking French in their play , before the doors , and rows of women kneeling in ...
... hills were seen winding a series of charming valleys , with pretty roads leading through them , and peasant's cot- tages , with children playing , and talking French in their play , before the doors , and rows of women kneeling in ...
Page 106
... hill and the other in a valley below ; and there were zigzag roads leading from one to the other - and a grand terrace on the brow of a cliff commanding a beautiful view of the valley , with a river , and many pretty roads , and the ...
... hill and the other in a valley below ; and there were zigzag roads leading from one to the other - and a grand terrace on the brow of a cliff commanding a beautiful view of the valley , with a river , and many pretty roads , and the ...
Page 130
... hill , small in cir- cumference but steep and high , and is completely covered by a castle which crowns the summit of it , and a town built upon the sides . It stands some miles out from the land in the midst of a vast shallow bay ...
... hill , small in cir- cumference but steep and high , and is completely covered by a castle which crowns the summit of it , and a town built upon the sides . It stands some miles out from the land in the midst of a vast shallow bay ...
Page 134
... hill , and the new town and port , under the shelter of the promontory below . While they were there Grimkie took out his portfolio , to make a drawing of the upper town , which was in full view before him , with the mas- sive walls ...
... hill , and the new town and port , under the shelter of the promontory below . While they were there Grimkie took out his portfolio , to make a drawing of the upper town , which was in full view before him , with the mas- sive walls ...
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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,...