Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 267-268W. Blackwood, 1950 - England |
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... watch from a boat , peering ceaselessly into the depths . But even in that limpid water they cannot see down to the bottom . Therefore every man holds a line with a weight on its end hanging taut from a finger . When a fish brushes it ...
... watch from a boat , peering ceaselessly into the depths . But even in that limpid water they cannot see down to the bottom . Therefore every man holds a line with a weight on its end hanging taut from a finger . When a fish brushes it ...
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... watch , which I kept , on our second day out , while we were off the Northumbrian coast , I sighted a small floating object nearly a mile away on our starboard bow . Again , the weather was perfect and the sea a flat calm . Out of sheer ...
... watch , which I kept , on our second day out , while we were off the Northumbrian coast , I sighted a small floating object nearly a mile away on our starboard bow . Again , the weather was perfect and the sea a flat calm . Out of sheer ...
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... Watch Bill , was uncertain whom he ought to have had on deck with him , let alone whom he actually did have . His midshipman of the watch was a little boy , " who played no part in the events , but there was another midshipman called ...
... Watch Bill , was uncertain whom he ought to have had on deck with him , let alone whom he actually did have . His midshipman of the watch was a little boy , " who played no part in the events , but there was another midshipman called ...
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A LATE VICTORIAN MAN OF LETTERS | 14 |
MAGAZINE | 192 |
ANCIENT LIGHT BY OLIVER CASSELS | 193 |
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