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Page 67
... woman , but the woman said when questioned on the subject , that she had none to sell . Grimkie made similar enquiries of several other persons , that they saw making lace at their doors . The fact was , that these persons do not in any ...
... woman , but the woman said when questioned on the subject , that she had none to sell . Grimkie made similar enquiries of several other persons , that they saw making lace at their doors . The fact was , that these persons do not in any ...
Page 69
... woman , though not very young . She was well formed , and the expression of her countenance was extremely agreeable . She received the visitors , too , with so kind and cordial a smile that she quite won their hearts . There was a large ...
... woman , though not very young . She was well formed , and the expression of her countenance was extremely agreeable . She received the visitors , too , with so kind and cordial a smile that she quite won their hearts . There was a large ...
Page 109
... woman asked him whether he would have a pair of straps put upon them , but he said no . While Grimkie and Florence were making this purchase , John loitered about in the neigh- borhood , looking into the windows of the toy shops , and ...
... woman asked him whether he would have a pair of straps put upon them , but he said no . While Grimkie and Florence were making this purchase , John loitered about in the neigh- borhood , looking into the windows of the toy shops , and ...
Page 157
... woman , with an apron on , as if she came from the kitchen , opened it . " We were looking for rooms , " said Grimkie , 66 and we should like to see those that you have to let . " " You looking for rooms , " said the woman . As she said ...
... woman , with an apron on , as if she came from the kitchen , opened it . " We were looking for rooms , " said Grimkie , 66 and we should like to see those that you have to let . " " You looking for rooms , " said the woman . As she said ...
Page 158
... woman looked still very suspiciously at Grimkie , and after a moment's pause she said , " Where is the lady ? -and why does not she come herself if she wants rooms ? " " She is at the hotel , ” said Grimkie He " At what hotel ? " said ...
... woman looked still very suspiciously at Grimkie , and after a moment's pause she said , " Where is the lady ? -and why does not she come herself if she wants rooms ? " " She is at the hotel , ” said Grimkie He " At what hotel ? " said ...
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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,...