The Florence StoriesSheldon, 1867 |
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Page 46
... miles by the towers , and , spires , and lofty battle- mented roofs of an immense cathedral , rising from the centre of it , far above the other build- ings . The town was built in a very close and com- pact manner , the station being ...
... miles by the towers , and , spires , and lofty battle- mented roofs of an immense cathedral , rising from the centre of it , far above the other build- ings . The town was built in a very close and com- pact manner , the station being ...
Page 81
... miles in extent is required . In this roadstead the water must be deep enough to float the largest ships at low tide , and not too deep for conveniently putting down and taking up the anchors ; the bottom , too , must be of such a kind ...
... miles in extent is required . In this roadstead the water must be deep enough to float the largest ships at low tide , and not too deep for conveniently putting down and taking up the anchors ; the bottom , too , must be of such a kind ...
Page 82
... miles long , and in connection with two islands not far from the two ends of it , shelters a sheet of water containing many square miles . It is built up from the bottom of the sea , where the water at high tide is forty or fifty feet ...
... miles long , and in connection with two islands not far from the two ends of it , shelters a sheet of water containing many square miles . It is built up from the bottom of the sea , where the water at high tide is forty or fifty feet ...
Page 84
... miles to the east- ward of Cherbourg , so that in visiting that city it would be necessary to go for two or three hours beyond the junction , and then come back to it again over the same ground . Grimkie , however , who was very much ...
... miles to the east- ward of Cherbourg , so that in visiting that city it would be necessary to go for two or three hours beyond the junction , and then come back to it again over the same ground . Grimkie , however , who was very much ...
Page 90
... miles from the shore . The breakwater is seen in the engraving , but it was concealed from view to our party when they stopped to look back upon the ' town by a mass of rocks which came in the way . Florence was , however , very much ...
... miles from the shore . The breakwater is seen in the engraving , but it was concealed from view to our party when they stopped to look back upon the ' town by a mass of rocks which came in the way . Florence was , however , very much ...
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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,...