Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 251, Issue 1518William Blackwood, 1942 |
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Page 239
... hand for yerself , one hand for the owners ! " was his sage dictum . " What use is a dead sailor to such as employ him ? ” Iron sailing ships of the nineties did not carry the commodious tops of the great wooden ships of thirty years ...
... hand for yerself , one hand for the owners ! " was his sage dictum . " What use is a dead sailor to such as employ him ? ” Iron sailing ships of the nineties did not carry the commodious tops of the great wooden ships of thirty years ...
Page 240
... hand at the wrist . So they gave him sixpence a day pension , and the widow keeping the public at Fratton gate took ... hand . " It led him to reminisce of the Yankee hell- ships , where , on an all hands call , the fighting mates posted ...
... hand at the wrist . So they gave him sixpence a day pension , and the widow keeping the public at Fratton gate took ... hand . " It led him to reminisce of the Yankee hell- ships , where , on an all hands call , the fighting mates posted ...
Page 250
... hands . Everyone at once rose . The dockers took their caps off . The accordion picked up the tune . Solemnly , with ... hand with the same sort of words . The officers went out into the black- out feeling curiously ashamed , and yet ...
... hands . Everyone at once rose . The dockers took their caps off . The accordion picked up the tune . Solemnly , with ... hand with the same sort of words . The officers went out into the black- out feeling curiously ashamed , and yet ...
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