Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 283W. Blackwood, 1958 - England |
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Page 114
... mother was cordial , but ex- tremely polite and formal . result he would ( had his mandarin's dignity permitted such ... mother's greatest triumph was her journey through Afghanistan at a time when it was very much for- bidden territory ...
... mother was cordial , but ex- tremely polite and formal . result he would ( had his mandarin's dignity permitted such ... mother's greatest triumph was her journey through Afghanistan at a time when it was very much for- bidden territory ...
Page 119
... mother was the senior lady ' present , and " by the strict etiquette of those days , no one could leave before she did . So we all stayed , becoming ever more cross , bored and sleepy . Finally an Archdeacon's wife , who disliked mother ...
... mother was the senior lady ' present , and " by the strict etiquette of those days , no one could leave before she did . So we all stayed , becoming ever more cross , bored and sleepy . Finally an Archdeacon's wife , who disliked mother ...
Page 121
... mother's last excursion to Europe . It was certainly the last opera she saw . We left next day and I was so ignorant and , indeed , uninterested a passenger on these early tours that , losing mother and Aunt Rose on the station , I ...
... mother's last excursion to Europe . It was certainly the last opera she saw . We left next day and I was so ignorant and , indeed , uninterested a passenger on these early tours that , losing mother and Aunt Rose on the station , I ...
Contents
AMERICANS NO ONE FORGETS BY MONROE WHITNEY | 53 |
THALATTA THALATTA BY RICHARD HILTON 224 | 141 |
AN IDYLL OF THE ISLANDS BY JESSICA COLERIDGE | 192 |
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