Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 212William Blackwood, 1922 - England |
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Page 31
... force , managed to get him into the Sarcophagus's cockpit . It took him about an hour , and he had three cough- ing fits , but it was done at last . Then he drank half a bottle of spirits himself , and went back for the other . He was ...
... force , managed to get him into the Sarcophagus's cockpit . It took him about an hour , and he had three cough- ing fits , but it was done at last . Then he drank half a bottle of spirits himself , and went back for the other . He was ...
Page 42
... force against the Sheikh , I would feel it my unpleasant duty to prevent it by force . He took this rather scowlingly , but repeated that he had no intentions of that kind . I did not trust him , however , and after leaving him I went ...
... force against the Sheikh , I would feel it my unpleasant duty to prevent it by force . He took this rather scowlingly , but repeated that he had no intentions of that kind . I did not trust him , however , and after leaving him I went ...
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... forces of his enemy , the Emir Ibn Raschid of Nejd ( egged on , of course , by the Turks ) were within three days ' march of Koweit , and that he , the Sheikh , was consequently assembling all his fighting men . Matters were looking ...
... forces of his enemy , the Emir Ibn Raschid of Nejd ( egged on , of course , by the Turks ) were within three days ' march of Koweit , and that he , the Sheikh , was consequently assembling all his fighting men . Matters were looking ...
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for the defence of Koweit and Jehara remaining in full force . The Turkish sloop Zohaf , with which I had had the encounter previously narrated , had again called at Koweit , bringing this time a high official from Basra with a ...
for the defence of Koweit and Jehara remaining in full force . The Turkish sloop Zohaf , with which I had had the encounter previously narrated , had again called at Koweit , bringing this time a high official from Basra with a ...
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... force of a breaker , yet he was not without some lingering com- punction , when he happened to be strictly sober , as he was now , as to his responsibility for the downfall of McNeil . " No doubt it suits you well to have a lover in the ...
... force of a breaker , yet he was not without some lingering com- punction , when he happened to be strictly sober , as he was now , as to his responsibility for the downfall of McNeil . " No doubt it suits you well to have a lover in the ...
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