Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207W. Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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Page 4
... deck ; stripped of all panelling every- where ; eight 6 - inch guns had been mounted , the ship's frame- work and supporting deck had been strengthened to match ; and magazines and shell - rooms had been built . Besides this , stores ...
... deck ; stripped of all panelling every- where ; eight 6 - inch guns had been mounted , the ship's frame- work and supporting deck had been strengthened to match ; and magazines and shell - rooms had been built . Besides this , stores ...
Page 8
... decks , on an unknown course ( except that it led , evid- ently , to the Infernal Regions ) , the diary of one stout skipper fort that guards the desolate -stout of heart as of body , harbour . Here , at least , was - reads pathetically ...
... decks , on an unknown course ( except that it led , evid- ently , to the Infernal Regions ) , the diary of one stout skipper fort that guards the desolate -stout of heart as of body , harbour . Here , at least , was - reads pathetically ...
Page 16
... deck , where , under the shelter of a diminutive forecastle , there stood a large dog - kennel . Two tarry pairs of hands , on being thrust in at the entrance thereof , seized two recalcitrant Hun legs , and drew forth their owner - as ...
... deck , where , under the shelter of a diminutive forecastle , there stood a large dog - kennel . Two tarry pairs of hands , on being thrust in at the entrance thereof , seized two recalcitrant Hun legs , and drew forth their owner - as ...
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... deck in the soaking heat of the tropical afternoon , the open Bible cushioned in each ample lap . But if and when the fervour of the temperature mastered that of the preacher , and the tired brains glided softly down the forty steps of ...
... deck in the soaking heat of the tropical afternoon , the open Bible cushioned in each ample lap . But if and when the fervour of the temperature mastered that of the preacher , and the tired brains glided softly down the forty steps of ...
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... deck , caught up the coir door - mat at his feet , which , with forlorn hopefulness , he bound with the sennit swiftly around the hissing fissure . But not even then could the windlass be induced to revolve ; 80 the cable , quite ...
... deck , caught up the coir door - mat at his feet , which , with forlorn hopefulness , he bound with the sennit swiftly around the hissing fissure . But not even then could the windlass be induced to revolve ; 80 the cable , quite ...
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