Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 244W. Blackwood, 1938 - England |
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Page 145
... hands were now clapped on to the halliards and were ready to hoist at the word of command . The First Lieutenant waved to the Captain and gave the order . Hand over hand the men hoisted . There was a sharp report as the first puff of ...
... hands were now clapped on to the halliards and were ready to hoist at the word of command . The First Lieutenant waved to the Captain and gave the order . Hand over hand the men hoisted . There was a sharp report as the first puff of ...
Page 152
... hand . Then he braced the bow and heavily waxed the flax string and polished that till the friction burnt his hand and the string shone like a piece of catgut . He wound a binding of thin twine round the middle of the string and nocked ...
... hand . Then he braced the bow and heavily waxed the flax string and polished that till the friction burnt his hand and the string shone like a piece of catgut . He wound a binding of thin twine round the middle of the string and nocked ...
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... hand bank , vanished under afloat , the painted hull that a the water as though some little while past I had helped unseen hand had pulled it put forth on its fateful journey beneath the surface . One , at from the muddy bank of the ...
... hand bank , vanished under afloat , the painted hull that a the water as though some little while past I had helped unseen hand had pulled it put forth on its fateful journey beneath the surface . One , at from the muddy bank of the ...
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ACROSS THE SAHARA BY CAR BY CLELAND SCOTT | 1 |
A LION OR TWO BY LIEUT COLONEL A H E MOSSE C I E | 102 |
as delighted as ever with Blackwoods Magazine | 148 |
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