Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 238William Blackwood, 1935 - England |
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Page 236
... wind was blowing . . We halved the hole eventu- ally in twelve . It was like one of those games of bagatelle . The only thing to do was to pitch right up into the wind , dropping one's ball just beyond the hole , when with luck it would ...
... wind was blowing . . We halved the hole eventu- ally in twelve . It was like one of those games of bagatelle . The only thing to do was to pitch right up into the wind , dropping one's ball just beyond the hole , when with luck it would ...
Page 688
... wind , feet braced againt the leaning deck , and watch the card dip in the binnacle and the sunlit spume crash away from the ship's bows . But any dawning suspicion that I might have to take charge of the owner's ship for him , whom an ...
... wind , feet braced againt the leaning deck , and watch the card dip in the binnacle and the sunlit spume crash away from the ship's bows . But any dawning suspicion that I might have to take charge of the owner's ship for him , whom an ...
Page 851
... wind to the north- bed , rocked on her stony and frequently shivered strongly. " I'll have to drive her ; she's not far off a lee - shore ; I'll have to drive her , " he muttered . The mate went off the poop shouting an order to loose ...
... wind to the north- bed , rocked on her stony and frequently shivered strongly. " I'll have to drive her ; she's not far off a lee - shore ; I'll have to drive her , " he muttered . The mate went off the poop shouting an order to loose ...
Contents
ADVENTURE IN THE FIFTIES BY ELEANOR FARJEON | 372 |
PROCESSIONAL BY O WATKINS | 483 |
A POACHING INCIDENT IN TYROL BY O WATKINS | 615 |
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