Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 297William Blackwood, 1965 - England |
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Page 176
A handful of people emerges from the trees to watch us land . These islanders should be brown - skinned natives , and yet the pretty girl who comes forward to greet us and whose scanty sun - frock reveals so much of her sun - tanned ...
A handful of people emerges from the trees to watch us land . These islanders should be brown - skinned natives , and yet the pretty girl who comes forward to greet us and whose scanty sun - frock reveals so much of her sun - tanned ...
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Spellbound , I watch this stupendous spectacle , impelled to move out from the electric lights of the palms towards the beach . There I wait for that final moment , almost holding my breath when the sun sinks from sight in the hope of ...
Spellbound , I watch this stupendous spectacle , impelled to move out from the electric lights of the palms towards the beach . There I wait for that final moment , almost holding my breath when the sun sinks from sight in the hope of ...
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Watches are set , and go below . I stretch out in my bunk - mine when I am in it ... He appears on watch in best shore - going rig - shirt , tie , flannels , jacket , gleaming shoes . " Never fails , " says Dick , never fails !
Watches are set , and go below . I stretch out in my bunk - mine when I am in it ... He appears on watch in best shore - going rig - shirt , tie , flannels , jacket , gleaming shoes . " Never fails , " says Dick , never fails !
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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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