Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 223William Blackwood, 1928 - England |
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... the habit of massed chinwag was allowed to harden into an institution . The entire vocabulary consists of some three hundred words , wherein , A 2 though there may be ten words for rice between the 1928. ] 9 Highbrows and Lowbrows .
... the habit of massed chinwag was allowed to harden into an institution . The entire vocabulary consists of some three hundred words , wherein , A 2 though there may be ten words for rice between the 1928. ] 9 Highbrows and Lowbrows .
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... hundred mile front such a search went forward as the jungle had never known . Each column broke up into squads , and each squad fanned out on its broadest practicable front . Up hill , down dale , through every thicket and tangle we ...
... hundred mile front such a search went forward as the jungle had never known . Each column broke up into squads , and each squad fanned out on its broadest practicable front . Up hill , down dale , through every thicket and tangle we ...
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... hundred tons more cargo aboard than we under British registry could allow . And the rate for that par- ticular cargo was a pound a ton for a twelve - day voyage . To keep in commission and show a profit the British tramp had to run on ...
... hundred tons more cargo aboard than we under British registry could allow . And the rate for that par- ticular cargo was a pound a ton for a twelve - day voyage . To keep in commission and show a profit the British tramp had to run on ...
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... hundred of these in- fernal affairs do not work . The simpler they are the less likely their chances of survival . Valveless pumps and engines are mentioned here . The duplex pump , whereby the pis- ton rod of the left cylinder operates ...
... hundred of these in- fernal affairs do not work . The simpler they are the less likely their chances of survival . Valveless pumps and engines are mentioned here . The duplex pump , whereby the pis- ton rod of the left cylinder operates ...
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... hundred ships , and they had purchased this particular auxiliary as an experiment . For many years it had hauled mahogany logs from Gold Coast forests to the ships in the roadsteads . The valve gear of the engine was one of those ...
... hundred ships , and they had purchased this particular auxiliary as an experiment . For many years it had hauled mahogany logs from Gold Coast forests to the ships in the roadsteads . The valve gear of the engine was one of those ...
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