Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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... four hours per diem . Every orifice in those hulls -entry - ports , coaling - perts , cargo - ports - carried a gang- way from it down to the wharf ; and along these there surged in both directions an intensely busy army in single file ...
... four hours per diem . Every orifice in those hulls -entry - ports , coaling - perts , cargo - ports - carried a gang- way from it down to the wharf ; and along these there surged in both directions an intensely busy army in single file ...
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... four years , their bottoms rust- ing , their engines deteriorating , their coal and stores dwindling , It was too rough at the their cargoes gradually being time to send a boat to visit sold to pay for the upkeep of her , taking a prize ...
... four years , their bottoms rust- ing , their engines deteriorating , their coal and stores dwindling , It was too rough at the their cargoes gradually being time to send a boat to visit sold to pay for the upkeep of her , taking a prize ...
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... four miles ' distance : a space which the converging courses of the two ships reduced , in ten minutes ' time , to only two miles , or 4000 yards . It was like an action of Nelsonic times . At the end of a second ten min- utes , of such ...
... four miles ' distance : a space which the converging courses of the two ships reduced , in ten minutes ' time , to only two miles , or 4000 yards . It was like an action of Nelsonic times . At the end of a second ten min- utes , of such ...
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... four miles ' distance there was an excellent chance of being torpedoed by an apparently harmless tramp ; and , keeping at that respectable range ( as then became the careful fashion ) , messages could be delivered only " at the cannon's ...
... four miles ' distance there was an excellent chance of being torpedoed by an apparently harmless tramp ; and , keeping at that respectable range ( as then became the careful fashion ) , messages could be delivered only " at the cannon's ...
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... four , out of the five , " wanted " men . We were absolutely assured that five were there , so a further search was ordered . This was carried out ; again without result . The Boarding Officer accord- ingly was ordered to return with the ...
... four , out of the five , " wanted " men . We were absolutely assured that five were there , so a further search was ordered . This was carried out ; again without result . The Boarding Officer accord- ingly was ordered to return with the ...
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