Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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... night energy without being convinced that it must be producing some great new things ; that here was the Sea Horse of Britain , taken from the peaceable ploughing of the waves , being caparisoned for the fray , impatiently foam- ing at ...
... night energy without being convinced that it must be producing some great new things ; that here was the Sea Horse of Britain , taken from the peaceable ploughing of the waves , being caparisoned for the fray , impatiently foam- ing at ...
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... night ) , the sudden forcing of steam - the palpitating pur- suit in darkness - the abortive ending when , off Anaga Point ( the northern end of the island ) , certainty was established , and we recognised that we had been chasing , not ...
... night ) , the sudden forcing of steam - the palpitating pur- suit in darkness - the abortive ending when , off Anaga Point ( the northern end of the island ) , certainty was established , and we recognised that we had been chasing , not ...
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... nights , and could always " get " Cadiz ; but by these means three powerful stations - Las Palmas , Teneriffe , and Cadiz ― each sent out the message three times , at three different times during the night , and on three differ- ent ...
... nights , and could always " get " Cadiz ; but by these means three powerful stations - Las Palmas , Teneriffe , and Cadiz ― each sent out the message three times , at three different times during the night , and on three differ- ent ...
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... nights under way at sea , and each of the eruisers under his command spent periods running into four , five , and six months , during which they kept at sea all day and all night , except when obliged to coal ship . Coaling was arranged ...
... nights under way at sea , and each of the eruisers under his command spent periods running into four , five , and six months , during which they kept at sea all day and all night , except when obliged to coal ship . Coaling was arranged ...
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... night time " in their stay would have been little short of madness . There is no real " port " in any of these islands ; the anchorages are all completely open road- steads , past which which tramp- steamers continually stream in both ...
... night time " in their stay would have been little short of madness . There is no real " port " in any of these islands ; the anchorages are all completely open road- steads , past which which tramp- steamers continually stream in both ...
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