Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 275William Blackwood, 1954 - England |
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Page 140
So it was that on a blazing hot Sunday afternoon I was walking slowly up and down the quarterdeck as midshipman of the watch . I dared not stop moving in case I should go to sleep standing up . We lay at anchor a long way out from the ...
So it was that on a blazing hot Sunday afternoon I was walking slowly up and down the quarterdeck as midshipman of the watch . I dared not stop moving in case I should go to sleep standing up . We lay at anchor a long way out from the ...
Page 277
On watch I would find myself humming the paying - off chanty , Leave her , Johnny , Leave her . ' Our feelings at this time were a mixture -half eager to be home , and half sorry that everything was over .
On watch I would find myself humming the paying - off chanty , Leave her , Johnny , Leave her . ' Our feelings at this time were a mixture -half eager to be home , and half sorry that everything was over .
Page 466
... the French vernacular of Quebec to the snowy hills between there and Goose Bay . Miles and miles of hills , snow and dark green pine forests . Every now and then you can see , if you look very carefully , the fire guards ' watch ...
... the French vernacular of Quebec to the snowy hills between there and Goose Bay . Miles and miles of hills , snow and dark green pine forests . Every now and then you can see , if you look very carefully , the fire guards ' watch ...
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