Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 297William Blackwood, 1965 - England |
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Page 165
It looked a pleasant sort of refuge , though every time I contemplated the smooth , almost vertical surface of the stretch of rock between me and the buttress I felt giddy all over again . Eventually I screwed myself up , edged , by ...
It looked a pleasant sort of refuge , though every time I contemplated the smooth , almost vertical surface of the stretch of rock between me and the buttress I felt giddy all over again . Eventually I screwed myself up , edged , by ...
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At one end of this plain , and clearly visible from all sides , great rocks are piled . The place is called in the Sinhalese language Galla - pitaGalla . The meaning is in the English tongue " Rock upon Rock " . Beneath these rocks is a ...
At one end of this plain , and clearly visible from all sides , great rocks are piled . The place is called in the Sinhalese language Galla - pitaGalla . The meaning is in the English tongue " Rock upon Rock " . Beneath these rocks is a ...
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a slight overhang of the rock face , on the same side as the partially - eroded inscription . There was no spirit in the way they handled their tools . Obviously , it would take little to discourage them altogether .
a slight overhang of the rock face , on the same side as the partially - eroded inscription . There was no spirit in the way they handled their tools . Obviously , it would take little to discourage them altogether .
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Contents
A BIT OF A DUSTING BY W RUTHERFORD | 96 |
ACROSS THE WALL OF TEARS BY JOHN PEMBROKE | 288 |
MR CHIPLUNKAR | 384 |
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