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Page 140
... steamer was lying . They passed by a large number of vessels that lay alongside , loading and unloading . At one place the sailors were hoisting cows on board a vessel , and John wished very much to stop and witness the operation , but ...
... steamer was lying . They passed by a large number of vessels that lay alongside , loading and unloading . At one place the sailors were hoisting cows on board a vessel , and John wished very much to stop and witness the operation , but ...
Page 141
... steamer were several broad and well cushioned settees placed athwart the deck , midway from side to side , the backs of which were carried up high and brought over the seat above , so as to form a complete canopy to defend those sitting ...
... steamer were several broad and well cushioned settees placed athwart the deck , midway from side to side , the backs of which were carried up high and brought over the seat above , so as to form a complete canopy to defend those sitting ...
Page 142
... steamer should sail , and then began to walk about the deck with Florence and the boys to see what was to be seen . By this time a number of passengers had come on board . Among them were two or three En- glish gentlemen and ladies ...
... steamer should sail , and then began to walk about the deck with Florence and the boys to see what was to be seen . By this time a number of passengers had come on board . Among them were two or three En- glish gentlemen and ladies ...
Page 143
... steamer moved away from the land . She saw the great promontory to the left , with the walls of the town and cita- del and the spire of the church rising above them , and little parties walking about on the green brow of the cliff ...
... steamer moved away from the land . She saw the great promontory to the left , with the walls of the town and cita- del and the spire of the church rising above them , and little parties walking about on the green brow of the cliff ...
Page 144
... steamer was going on at a rapid rate away from the land , and out upon the wide sea , while yet the motion was as steady and smooth as if she had been upon a river . The island of Jersey was in sight , lying like a long low cloud in the ...
... steamer was going on at a rapid rate away from the land , and out upon the wide sea , while yet the motion was as steady and smooth as if she had been upon a river . The island of Jersey was in sight , lying like a long low cloud in the ...
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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,...