Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 212William Blackwood, 1922 - England |
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... light of any blue wood - smoke rises from little adobe walled sheds , thatched with silver - grey troolie palm , and almost hidden by banana - fans , picturesque , in- deed , and adding just the per- fect note of colour to the scene ...
... light of any blue wood - smoke rises from little adobe walled sheds , thatched with silver - grey troolie palm , and almost hidden by banana - fans , picturesque , in- deed , and adding just the per- fect note of colour to the scene ...
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... light . Hu- man forms , flitting white through the gloom , became dis- tinct in sarong and turban , and then the full tide of day splashed on us suddenly , for dawn in the tropics is as brief as are the exquisite twilight moments of ...
... light . Hu- man forms , flitting white through the gloom , became dis- tinct in sarong and turban , and then the full tide of day splashed on us suddenly , for dawn in the tropics is as brief as are the exquisite twilight moments of ...
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... light slowly overflowed the world ; the sky shone in purest deepest blue , with a dado , as it were , all round the horizon of magnificent pink - flushed , gold - tinted , cumulus clouds . The great sweep of razor- grass rustled golden ...
... light slowly overflowed the world ; the sky shone in purest deepest blue , with a dado , as it were , all round the horizon of magnificent pink - flushed , gold - tinted , cumulus clouds . The great sweep of razor- grass rustled golden ...
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... rapidly ascending . Wherever the creek side trees caught the light , they shone like the silver forest of legend , while the shadow loomed almost as black as the jet - black water which bore 12 [ July An Odyssey of Fourteen Rivers .
... rapidly ascending . Wherever the creek side trees caught the light , they shone like the silver forest of legend , while the shadow loomed almost as black as the jet - black water which bore 12 [ July An Odyssey of Fourteen Rivers .
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... light of late afternoon falling full upon it , the broad stream turned to blue and silver , gleaming like a shield . About ten miles below the Biara's mouth , the Baramanni flows into the Waini ( pro- nounced Wine - y ) , and we halted ...
... light of late afternoon falling full upon it , the broad stream turned to blue and silver , gleaming like a shield . About ten miles below the Biara's mouth , the Baramanni flows into the Waini ( pro- nounced Wine - y ) , and we halted ...
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