Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 290W. Blackwood, 1961 - England |
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Page 219
... course exactly , so that the crowd would know where to congregate to see the finish . Off we went towards the airstrip , about three miles from the south - eastern end of the oasis , where the ground was flat and where there was a ...
... course exactly , so that the crowd would know where to congregate to see the finish . Off we went towards the airstrip , about three miles from the south - eastern end of the oasis , where the ground was flat and where there was a ...
Page 405
... course to pass well west of the Roche and settle to a fast run in the rising gale - so I had planned it . We were clear of the outer rocks when it happened . There was a jerk and a jangle from aloft that shook the ship . The mainsail ...
... course to pass well west of the Roche and settle to a fast run in the rising gale - so I had planned it . We were clear of the outer rocks when it happened . There was a jerk and a jangle from aloft that shook the ship . The mainsail ...
Page 406
... course , such is the subconscious . The bows were no longer shouldering against the seas ; now the schooner swung and slid with a rolling motion rather than the see - sawing gait of her old course . The sea was on the port beam and I ...
... course , such is the subconscious . The bows were no longer shouldering against the seas ; now the schooner swung and slid with a rolling motion rather than the see - sawing gait of her old course . The sea was on the port beam and I ...
Contents
ALI AND CO BY ROY FORSTER | 96 |
THE SILVER SWAN BY PATRICIA COOK | 192 |
A STORM IN A COFFEECUP BY A DRUMMOND | 384 |
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