Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 241William Blackwood, 1937 - England |
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... tide of the previous westerly in one great charge upon the coast . Never for hundreds of years had such a tide been known : almost over the walls in the creek itself , and now the flood in a series of crested waves was pouring over the ...
... tide of the previous westerly in one great charge upon the coast . Never for hundreds of years had such a tide been known : almost over the walls in the creek itself , and now the flood in a series of crested waves was pouring over the ...
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... tide and wind calculations were faulty . The Rose's prow could not point for the harbour which lay west of us , because both wind and tide kept carrying her more and more to the east . She could do it , said the Commodore , with a ...
... tide and wind calculations were faulty . The Rose's prow could not point for the harbour which lay west of us , because both wind and tide kept carrying her more and more to the east . She could do it , said the Commodore , with a ...
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: flood - tide . A shallow crossing fifteen miles farther down was negotiated without much diffi- culty , it being nearly high water at that part of the river . The flood - tide eased and the speed over the ground increased ; the ...
: flood - tide . A shallow crossing fifteen miles farther down was negotiated without much diffi- culty , it being nearly high water at that part of the river . The flood - tide eased and the speed over the ground increased ; the ...
Contents
THE BRIDGE BY ROY FORSTER | 1 |
THE CHRONICLES OF LITTLE COVE | 46 |
THE KNIGHT OF THE CLOUD PALACE | 168 |
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