Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 243William Blackwood, 1938 - England |
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Page 135
... stood on . The leadsmen re- ported the water shoaling , and I guessed we had lost the channel . Six feet , five feet , four feet we were dragging through the mud . To go on was useless ; I stopped the engines and waited till the squall ...
... stood on . The leadsmen re- ported the water shoaling , and I guessed we had lost the channel . Six feet , five feet , four feet we were dragging through the mud . To go on was useless ; I stopped the engines and waited till the squall ...
Page 399
... stood on her bridge , in control , a vastly powerful , yet delicate , engine of tre- mendous potentialities : a rac- ing , lithe ship crammed full of mechanical perfection of detail , with the speed of a racehorse and the bite of a ...
... stood on her bridge , in control , a vastly powerful , yet delicate , engine of tre- mendous potentialities : a rac- ing , lithe ship crammed full of mechanical perfection of detail , with the speed of a racehorse and the bite of a ...
Page 407
... stood leaning ate the prominent curve of the over the starboard rails , his dominating hook - nose , and draw hand stretched out , a flush of even deeper the two furrows excitement rising in his sallow that ran vertically from cheek ...
... stood leaning ate the prominent curve of the over the starboard rails , his dominating hook - nose , and draw hand stretched out , a flush of even deeper the two furrows excitement rising in his sallow that ran vertically from cheek ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 2 |
AN OLD DOGS DAY BY KOBOLD KNIGHT | 413 |
PORT AFTER STORMIE SEAS BY MARY GRANT BRUCE | 577 |
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