The Florence StoriesSheldon, 1867 |
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... islands to the French shores ? " asked Florence . " I will see , " said Grimkie . So saying he took from his pocket book a small piece of paper , and laid it down upon the map in such a manner that the edge of it touched the island of ...
... islands to the French shores ? " asked Florence . " I will see , " said Grimkie . So saying he took from his pocket book a small piece of paper , and laid it down upon the map in such a manner that the edge of it touched the island of ...
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... Islands , " said Grimkie , “ and the shores of it are formed of cliffs of rocks which extend all around it except in one place where there is a harbor . The French had in some way got possession of the island and the English wished to ...
... Islands , " said Grimkie , “ and the shores of it are formed of cliffs of rocks which extend all around it except in one place where there is a harbor . The French had in some way got possession of the island and the English wished to ...
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... island , near a chapel , saying , that if the islanders would grant this request , they would in return reward them with a good present of the best of the commodities that they had on board their ship . " The Sark men agreed to this ...
... island , near a chapel , saying , that if the islanders would grant this request , they would in return reward them with a good present of the best of the commodities that they had on board their ship . " The Sark men agreed to this ...
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... island was captured . " In “ That is a curious story , " said John . " Yes , " replied Grimkie . " There are a great many curious stories about these islands , and about the countries we shall pass through in going that way , if we do ...
... island was captured . " In “ That is a curious story , " said John . " Yes , " replied Grimkie . " There are a great many curious stories about these islands , and about the countries we shall pass through in going that way , if we do ...
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... Islands , and particularly about Normandy , the country through which the chief part of their journey lay , on the way to the place where they would embark for the islands . Most of the stories which Grimkie told , he had read in the ...
... Islands , and particularly about Normandy , the country through which the chief part of their journey lay , on the way to the place where they would embark for the islands . Most of the stories which Grimkie told , he had read in the ...
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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,...