Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 305William Blackwood, 1969 - England |
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... half - past six on a June morning in 1943. ' Pinafore ' , a thirty - cwt . truck , was parked in a disused railway ... half miles per hour ( about half a mile an hour slower than his normal rate of progression for short distances ) . But ...
... half - past six on a June morning in 1943. ' Pinafore ' , a thirty - cwt . truck , was parked in a disused railway ... half miles per hour ( about half a mile an hour slower than his normal rate of progression for short distances ) . But ...
Page 368
... half thousand feet before gaining the summit . I was amazed . I could hear Marcel huffing and puffing behind me , and this was not at all the thing for a member of the corps of Swiss guides to do . Luckily , he stopped once or twice and ...
... half thousand feet before gaining the summit . I was amazed . I could hear Marcel huffing and puffing behind me , and this was not at all the thing for a member of the corps of Swiss guides to do . Luckily , he stopped once or twice and ...
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... half a crown ! " ( This was a joke among the safety - equipment people , who used to say , " If you bale - out and don't return the handle you will be charged half a crown . " ) I experienced no sensation of fall- ing or turning over ...
... half a crown ! " ( This was a joke among the safety - equipment people , who used to say , " If you bale - out and don't return the handle you will be charged half a crown . " ) I experienced no sensation of fall- ing or turning over ...
Contents
JANUARY 1969 VOLUME 305 | 1 |
SURTSEY THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND Esmé Speakman | 13 |
TRUMPETERWHAT ARE YOU SOUNDING NOW? R T | 22 |
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