Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 308William Blackwood, 1970 - England |
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Page 215
... night at a lodge in a deer- forest and I told her the tale of the Scottish laird , of whom it was fore- told that he would meet his death on the antlers of a tame stag ; so he shot the stag . " He had the antlers mounted and placed ...
... night at a lodge in a deer- forest and I told her the tale of the Scottish laird , of whom it was fore- told that he would meet his death on the antlers of a tame stag ; so he shot the stag . " He had the antlers mounted and placed ...
Page 464
... nights at sea , we had averaged a little over two knots , or fifty miles a day - in the right direction . The following night , when I drew a bead on the glare of the Lizard lighthouse at forty - five miles , there was great elation ...
... nights at sea , we had averaged a little over two knots , or fifty miles a day - in the right direction . The following night , when I drew a bead on the glare of the Lizard lighthouse at forty - five miles , there was great elation ...
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... night , we were alarmed by a veritable sea monster which passed beneath us and headed at high speed for the Strait ... night , we were treated to one of the most amazing displays of phos- phorescence I had witnessed in thirty years at ...
... night , we were alarmed by a veritable sea monster which passed beneath us and headed at high speed for the Strait ... night , we were treated to one of the most amazing displays of phos- phorescence I had witnessed in thirty years at ...
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PAXOS BY ANTHONY AIKMAN | 48 |
A CHANTYMAN LOOKS BACK BY A H RASMUSSEN 254 | 97 |
PRAESTO BY JAMES MONTGOMERY ROBINSON 385 | 150 |
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