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Page 55
... range of cases , ex- tending up and down the room and across the ends , with an opening in the side of the range , in front , so as to admit the spectator to see both sides of the cases . The lower portion of the cases consisted of open ...
... range of cases , ex- tending up and down the room and across the ends , with an opening in the side of the range , in front , so as to admit the spectator to see both sides of the cases . The lower portion of the cases consisted of open ...
Page 61
... range of cases , and did not interfere with one another at all . The lower portions of the cases were filled with antique relics and curiosities of various sorts , but the children were so much interested in the tapestry that they did ...
... range of cases , and did not interfere with one another at all . The lower portions of the cases were filled with antique relics and curiosities of various sorts , but the children were so much interested in the tapestry that they did ...
Page 95
... ranges of government buildings used for the storage of timber , of sail cloth , of cordage , and of every other material used in the construction and equipment of ships . It would require sev- eral large volumes to describe in full the ...
... ranges of government buildings used for the storage of timber , of sail cloth , of cordage , and of every other material used in the construction and equipment of ships . It would require sev- eral large volumes to describe in full the ...
Page 140
... of the sea was like glass , and the sun , shin- ing on all the landscape around , lighted up the cliffs and the promontories , the castle walls , the spires of the churches , the ranges of buildings in 140 PASSAGE TO JERSEY .
... of the sea was like glass , and the sun , shin- ing on all the landscape around , lighted up the cliffs and the promontories , the castle walls , the spires of the churches , the ranges of buildings in 140 PASSAGE TO JERSEY .
Page 141
Jacob Abbott. spires of the churches , the ranges of buildings in the town , and the masts and rigging of the ship- ping , with a golden autumnal light which seemed to reflect into every heart a feeling of content- ment and happiness ...
Jacob Abbott. spires of the churches , the ranges of buildings in the town , and the masts and rigging of the ship- ping , with a golden autumnal light which seemed to reflect into every heart a feeling of content- ment and happiness ...
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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,...