Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 259-260W. Blackwood, 1946 - England |
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Page 155
... coming down . Above all , we tried to stay on our feet and to rescue any man of ours who lost his footing . Like Pickering . If they get you down you are for the hospital , if not the morgue . Our charge gained us fifty yards of the ...
... coming down . Above all , we tried to stay on our feet and to rescue any man of ours who lost his footing . Like Pickering . If they get you down you are for the hospital , if not the morgue . Our charge gained us fifty yards of the ...
Page 113
... coming slowly , for there was a full moon to hide the approaching day . The sea was like the surface of a mirror in a moonlit room . Rain squalls came down from the north , passing across the sea in noisy gusts , soaking the men on the ...
... coming slowly , for there was a full moon to hide the approaching day . The sea was like the surface of a mirror in a moonlit room . Rain squalls came down from the north , passing across the sea in noisy gusts , soaking the men on the ...
Page 351
... coming to Cairo , " he went on , dropping his voice a semitone lower . 66 But he must never be mentioned by name . When you refer to him either by letter or over the telephone or at any time you will speak of him as Colonel Warden . " I ...
... coming to Cairo , " he went on , dropping his voice a semitone lower . 66 But he must never be mentioned by name . When you refer to him either by letter or over the telephone or at any time you will speak of him as Colonel Warden . " I ...
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