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Page 30
... shore had formed the funeral procession , and when they reached the chapel they went in and shut the door , and there opened the box . The box , instead of having a coffin in it was full of swords and guns . The men armed themselves ...
... shore had formed the funeral procession , and when they reached the chapel they went in and shut the door , and there opened the box . The box , instead of having a coffin in it was full of swords and guns . The men armed themselves ...
Page 79
... shore at Portsmouth to proceed to London . It is supposed that the growth of the English naval power , which , until within a short period , has been far in advance of that of any other ABOUT HARBORS AND ROADSTEADS . 79.
... shore at Portsmouth to proceed to London . It is supposed that the growth of the English naval power , which , until within a short period , has been far in advance of that of any other ABOUT HARBORS AND ROADSTEADS . 79.
Page 90
... 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 disappoint- ed by ...
... 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 disappoint- ed by ...
Page 93
... shore for a holiday , each bearing the name of the ship that he belonged to on his hat band . The environs of the town were de- lightful . There were precipitous hills and rocky cliffs seen in every direction , all surmounted with ...
... shore for a holiday , each bearing the name of the ship that he belonged to on his hat band . The environs of the town were de- lightful . There were precipitous hills and rocky cliffs seen in every direction , all surmounted with ...
Page 130
... vessels . The tide in all this region rises and falls more than forty feet , and as the coast itself in every part is very shelving , —the rocks and sands slop- ing off very gradually as they recede from the shore 130 GRANVILLE .
... vessels . The tide in all this region rises and falls more than forty feet , and as the coast itself in every part is very shelving , —the rocks and sands slop- ing off very gradually as they recede from the shore 130 GRANVILLE .
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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,...