The Florence StoriesSheldon, 1867 |
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... passing by on the outer portion of the sidewalk . It is true that in these places the sidewalks are immensely wide . But to return to Florence and Grimkie . Florence waited on the steps until Grimkie had paid the fare and made the ...
... passing by on the outer portion of the sidewalk . It is true that in these places the sidewalks are immensely wide . But to return to Florence and Grimkie . Florence waited on the steps until Grimkie had paid the fare and made the ...
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... passing that way , who take an interest in such relics and memorials of former times . " We will all go to see it , " said Grimkie , " if we go that way . You will like to see it very much I am sure , Florence , and I think Auntie will ...
... passing that way , who take an interest in such relics and memorials of former times . " We will all go to see it , " said Grimkie , " if we go that way . You will like to see it very much I am sure , Florence , and I think Auntie will ...
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... passed in review before them as they were trundled rapidly along the road , a succession of smooth plains or hill sides , divided into patches of different colored vegetation , like the beds of a garden , with long rows of trees , like ...
... passed in review before them as they were trundled rapidly along the road , a succession of smooth plains or hill sides , divided into patches of different colored vegetation , like the beds of a garden , with long rows of trees , like ...
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... passed out through the great gate into the street again . " Mother , " said Florence , " were not those laces pretty ? " 66 Yes , " said Mrs. Morelle , " they were beauti- ful . " " Then why did not you buy some of them 62 THE TAPESTRY .
... passed out through the great gate into the street again . " Mother , " said Florence , " were not those laces pretty ? " 66 Yes , " said Mrs. Morelle , " they were beauti- ful . " " Then why did not you buy some of them 62 THE TAPESTRY .
Page 68
... , and cases around the sides , containing an infinite number of the paper patterns above referred to . They passed through this room , -the young man leading the way into another , which had more the appear- ance 68 THE LACE - MAKERS .
... , and cases around the sides , containing an infinite number of the paper patterns above referred to . They passed through this room , -the young man leading the way into another , which had more the appear- ance 68 THE LACE - MAKERS .
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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,...