The Florence StoriesSheldon, 1867 |
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Page 68
... house , which stood back at some little distance from the street , with borders of flowers and shrubbery all around it . They were received at a door of the house in a sort of wing , by a young man , who accosted them at first in French ...
... house , which stood back at some little distance from the street , with borders of flowers and shrubbery all around it . They were received at a door of the house in a sort of wing , by a young man , who accosted them at first in French ...
Page 71
... house or the furniture at a friend's , where we are visiting , should lead us to look as much as possible on the bright side of what we see when traveling in a foreign country , and to endeavor to find things to be pleased with in the ...
... house or the furniture at a friend's , where we are visiting , should lead us to look as much as possible on the bright side of what we see when traveling in a foreign country , and to endeavor to find things to be pleased with in the ...
Page 120
... house . It was a very ancient looking building , with a stone floor to the front entry , and a stone staircase , and a kitchen , with a great quantity of cooking going on , in full view from the entrance . Indeed the kitchen in many of ...
... house . It was a very ancient looking building , with a stone floor to the front entry , and a stone staircase , and a kitchen , with a great quantity of cooking going on , in full view from the entrance . Indeed the kitchen in many of ...
Page 125
... houses , turning short cor- ners now and then , as in a zigzag . The houses became larger and larger , and pretty shops , brightly lighted , began to appear , with sides walks and people walking to and fro upon them . The diligence ...
... houses , turning short cor- ners now and then , as in a zigzag . The houses became larger and larger , and pretty shops , brightly lighted , began to appear , with sides walks and people walking to and fro upon them . The diligence ...
Page 134
... houses . To the right , below , was a beach with a row of bathing houses upon it , and a little bay of shal- low water where , in summer , people were accus- tomed to bathe , as represented in the engraving . In the rear of the bathing ...
... houses . To the right , below , was a beach with a row of bathing houses upon it , and a little bay of shal- low water where , in summer , people were accus- tomed to bathe , as represented in the engraving . In the rear of the bathing ...
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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,...