Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 222William Blackwood, 1927 - England |
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... miles up the river . Tied up to another wharf are the newly arrived trans- ports with British troops on board . Khaki - clad men , sent in haste from India for the defence of Shanghai , full of delighted enthusiasm at seeing this great ...
... miles up the river . Tied up to another wharf are the newly arrived trans- ports with British troops on board . Khaki - clad men , sent in haste from India for the defence of Shanghai , full of delighted enthusiasm at seeing this great ...
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... miles to the south , but the foreign town , which is here before us . A narrow strip of land along the left bank of the Whang - Pu , measuring less than thirty miles from the point where it leaves the river to its junction with the ...
... miles to the south , but the foreign town , which is here before us . A narrow strip of land along the left bank of the Whang - Pu , measuring less than thirty miles from the point where it leaves the river to its junction with the ...
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... miles the Settlement from every building , for the boundary , is also crowded with Chinaman is quick to see which ... mile and a half round , has a good grass surface , and encloses the only open space within the Settlement . Beside it ...
... miles the Settlement from every building , for the boundary , is also crowded with Chinaman is quick to see which ... mile and a half round , has a good grass surface , and encloses the only open space within the Settlement . Beside it ...
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... mile and a half outside the French Settlement , and is in the hands of the Northerners . But , whether intentionally or acci ... miles of which soon stretch round the edge of the Settle- ment ; then sand - bag defence posts ; and finally ...
... mile and a half outside the French Settlement , and is in the hands of the Northerners . But , whether intentionally or acci ... miles of which soon stretch round the edge of the Settle- ment ; then sand - bag defence posts ; and finally ...
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... miles from the shore in the hopes of catching a glimpse of Guatemala's last lighthouse , but in vain . The lighthouse- keeper was no doubt busily engaged in imbibing white- eye , " for there was no light of any sort to be seen . Making ...
... miles from the shore in the hopes of catching a glimpse of Guatemala's last lighthouse , but in vain . The lighthouse- keeper was no doubt busily engaged in imbibing white- eye , " for there was no light of any sort to be seen . Making ...
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