Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 209W. Blackwood, 1921 - England |
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Page 17
... nearly time to take the pro- visions to Dinneen . An hour later , with the basket packed extra full in view of possible contingencies , I made my way slowly down the glen . A few paces from the horse chestnut tree I stopped , arrested ...
... nearly time to take the pro- visions to Dinneen . An hour later , with the basket packed extra full in view of possible contingencies , I made my way slowly down the glen . A few paces from the horse chestnut tree I stopped , arrested ...
Page 23
... nearly ten o'clock . " The ball is to be set rolling soon after eleven , " said Din- neen . " I must hurry . Thank God , though one arm is gone I still have two sound legs under me . " There was indeed no time to spare , though " God's ...
... nearly ten o'clock . " The ball is to be set rolling soon after eleven , " said Din- neen . " I must hurry . Thank God , though one arm is gone I still have two sound legs under me . " There was indeed no time to spare , though " God's ...
Page 38
... nearly led to bloodshed - to prevent my release , but happi- ly unsuccessfully . The next morning we moved down to- wards my own house , which stands alone , some two and a half miles from the town . In a ruined fort a quarter of a mile ...
... nearly led to bloodshed - to prevent my release , but happi- ly unsuccessfully . The next morning we moved down to- wards my own house , which stands alone , some two and a half miles from the town . In a ruined fort a quarter of a mile ...
Page 43
... nearly all their cartridges . Even a re- serve force , hidden in a river- bed a mile in the rear , had been It was well on in the after- noon now , and the scene of the fight was deserted . I crept up a little gully to within 400 or 500 ...
... nearly all their cartridges . Even a re- serve force , hidden in a river- bed a mile in the rear , had been It was well on in the after- noon now , and the scene of the fight was deserted . I crept up a little gully to within 400 or 500 ...
Page 48
... nearly made his most important capture . It was an incident that was kept very quiet at the time , but leaked out in the French press a little later . The truth was , we Europeans who played a part - and we very nearly played a very ...
... nearly made his most important capture . It was an incident that was kept very quiet at the time , but leaked out in the French press a little later . The truth was , we Europeans who played a part - and we very nearly played a very ...
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