Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 241, Issue 1456William Blackwood, 1937 |
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Page 148
... roads go out of use , for they are packed too hard to thaw easily . Once started on these threads of ice there is no turning back . I have driven , jaundiced with fright , for a couple of hours across Lake Narocz , the road actually ...
... roads go out of use , for they are packed too hard to thaw easily . Once started on these threads of ice there is no turning back . I have driven , jaundiced with fright , for a couple of hours across Lake Narocz , the road actually ...
Page 186
... road climbed through a winding valley into the border hills , the higher summits crowned by obos , or sacred cairns . The drab coloured , rocky soil had received a touch of greenery from patches of summer grass and small fields of ...
... road climbed through a winding valley into the border hills , the higher summits crowned by obos , or sacred cairns . The drab coloured , rocky soil had received a touch of greenery from patches of summer grass and small fields of ...
Page 204
... road is not good to go upon , so that we must follow a side road ; thus it will be all right . " So saying , he started the engine , and turned to the left among some crazy hovels that seemed to be growing out of the rocks on the ...
... road is not good to go upon , so that we must follow a side road ; thus it will be all right . " So saying , he started the engine , and turned to the left among some crazy hovels that seemed to be growing out of the rocks on the ...
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