Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 239William Blackwood, 1936 - England |
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Page 345
... dark . Olives do move about in the dark . There are no nymphs at the old jetty , only olive trees of a great age . I have fished there many a night and I've seen them moving . " " Ah ! " said the Witch , " but you are a bad man . There ...
... dark . Olives do move about in the dark . There are no nymphs at the old jetty , only olive trees of a great age . I have fished there many a night and I've seen them moving . " " Ah ! " said the Witch , " but you are a bad man . There ...
Page 463
... dark of an Indian starlit night , not so dark but what the kill was still visible as an in- definite black blotch on the ground , though too dark for it to be possible to distinguish the drabness which a tiger's coat assumes at night ...
... dark of an Indian starlit night , not so dark but what the kill was still visible as an in- definite black blotch on the ground , though too dark for it to be possible to distinguish the drabness which a tiger's coat assumes at night ...
Page 464
... dark came the cry , timed by some impish spirit of the jungle with the most amazing exactitude ; plaintive , incongruous , exas- perating to the last degree ... no mere words could have de- scribed my feelings ! For about two minutes ...
... dark came the cry , timed by some impish spirit of the jungle with the most amazing exactitude ; plaintive , incongruous , exas- perating to the last degree ... no mere words could have de- scribed my feelings ! For about two minutes ...
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A BACKWASH OF WAR BY MAJOR GEORGE BRUCE | 44 |
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