Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 265-266W. Blackwood, 1949 - England |
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A young man opposite strummed a few chords on a guitar , another ran up the scale of an accordion , a rhythmic drumming with an accentuated beat started up , and Ootua floated out from the shadow of the trees into the firelight .
A young man opposite strummed a few chords on a guitar , another ran up the scale of an accordion , a rhythmic drumming with an accentuated beat started up , and Ootua floated out from the shadow of the trees into the firelight .
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Preparations were at once started to lay out an anchor , but no sooner were the boats swung out than the returning ebb began to bring the ice down on them once more ; boatwork became impossible and the boats had to be hoisted in .
Preparations were at once started to lay out an anchor , but no sooner were the boats swung out than the returning ebb began to bring the ice down on them once more ; boatwork became impossible and the boats had to be hoisted in .
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True , Agematsu itself lies at one thousand five hundred feet , but that still left eight thousand five hundred to climb , so with two guides oozing pessimism and amid the dire prognostications of evil from all and sundry we started on ...
True , Agematsu itself lies at one thousand five hundred feet , but that still left eight thousand five hundred to climb , so with two guides oozing pessimism and amid the dire prognostications of evil from all and sundry we started on ...
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