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Page 36
... thing else there which was high and hard , struck him in the stomach and hurt him dreadfully . They took him off his horse and carried him away and took care of him , but he never got over the hurt . He was very large and fleshy at this ...
... thing else there which was high and hard , struck him in the stomach and hurt him dreadfully . They took him off his horse and carried him away and took care of him , but he never got over the hurt . He was very large and fleshy at this ...
Page 42
... thing sticking up in front of the saddles . " At length the train arrived at the town of Caen , which the French ... things , which amused and interested them all very much . In the centre of the town , sur- rounded by open spaces which ...
... thing sticking up in front of the saddles . " At length the train arrived at the town of Caen , which the French ... things , which amused and interested them all very much . In the centre of the town , sur- rounded by open spaces which ...
Page 44
... things that attracted the atten- tion of the party in Caen , were the operations of the workmen in cutting the famous Caen stone . Grimkie seemed very much surprised when he first saw the men at work upon this stone , as they were ...
... things that attracted the atten- tion of the party in Caen , were the operations of the workmen in cutting the famous Caen stone . Grimkie seemed very much surprised when he first saw the men at work upon this stone , as they were ...
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... thing that Mrs. Morelle thought of after the breakfast was concluded was the tapes- try ; but on inquiry she found that it was not open to exhibition on that day , which as it hap- pened was Saturday . So the party spent the afternoon ...
... thing that Mrs. Morelle thought of after the breakfast was concluded was the tapes- try ; but on inquiry she found that it was not open to exhibition on that day , which as it hap- pened was Saturday . So the party spent the afternoon ...
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... things , absorbed the attention of the whole party while they re- mained in the church , and filled them with emo- tions of curiosity and wonder . For seats at the cathedral , Mrs. Morelle and her party took possession of some of the ...
... things , absorbed the attention of the whole party while they re- mained in the church , and filled them with emo- tions of curiosity and wonder . For seats at the cathedral , Mrs. Morelle and her party took possession of some of 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,...