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Page 131
... " said Florence . whole rock is made into one great castle , with a town inside . It is a famous place in history . It is famous in the history of William the Con- queror . " " I should like to see the place very much GRANVILLE . 131.
... " said Florence . whole rock is made into one great castle , with a town inside . It is a famous place in history . It is famous in the history of William the Con- queror . " " I should like to see the place very much GRANVILLE . 131.
Page 134
... rocks , was a large edifice , with terraces , and steps lead- ing down to the beach , which was used as a place of resort for visitors and bathers in the season . On the other side of the promontory was the new town , with the piers ...
... rocks , was a large edifice , with terraces , and steps lead- ing down to the beach , which was used as a place of resort for visitors and bathers in the season . On the other side of the promontory was the new town , with the piers ...
Page 144
... rock was entirely surrounded by water . Mrs. Morelle was very much struck with the extraordinary appearance of Mont St ... rocks which rose here and there above the water near them , with a feeling of awe . Mrs. Morelle herself , finding ...
... rock was entirely surrounded by water . Mrs. Morelle was very much struck with the extraordinary appearance of Mont St ... rocks which rose here and there above the water near them , with a feeling of awe . Mrs. Morelle herself , finding ...
Page 146
... rock at a short distance from the shore . At the eastern end of the bay was the great town of St. Helier . It was toward this town that the steamer was steering . It lay in a broad and shallow valley , at the foot of the lofty prom ...
... rock at a short distance from the shore . At the eastern end of the bay was the great town of St. Helier . It was toward this town that the steamer was steering . It lay in a broad and shallow valley , at the foot of the lofty prom ...
Page 147
... rocks , and Sometimes by the rocks themselves being painted whi te to serve as beacons . The long white walls of the piers which formed the harbor , became more and more conspicuous , as the steamer drew nearer , and all the environs of ...
... rocks , and Sometimes by the rocks themselves being painted whi te to serve as beacons . The long white walls of the piers which formed the harbor , became more and more conspicuous , as the steamer drew nearer , and all the environs of ...
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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,...