Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 239William Blackwood, 1936 - England |
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Page 342
... waiting to garner the last of it from under the feet of the depressed beasts that trod it from the sheaves . A fine wind blew , and a group of men shook large sieves in mid- air on a tiny hillock not far from the threshing floor , and ...
... waiting to garner the last of it from under the feet of the depressed beasts that trod it from the sheaves . A fine wind blew , and a group of men shook large sieves in mid- air on a tiny hillock not far from the threshing floor , and ...
Page 375
... waiting men . " Bother that avalanche , " said I. " That's not the avalanche , that's the Bishop , " they chorused . " We are waiting for the mason . " " The Bishop and the ava- lanche , " I sighed . " Both are in the nature of an act ...
... waiting men . " Bother that avalanche , " said I. " That's not the avalanche , that's the Bishop , " they chorused . " We are waiting for the mason . " " The Bishop and the ava- lanche , " I sighed . " Both are in the nature of an act ...
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... waiting - room . There stood a radiant Ikey holding in his arms his first- born , a true little son of Abra- ham . As soon as old enough to face the foggy London air , the hope of the house of Ikey had been brought round for me to see ...
... waiting - room . There stood a radiant Ikey holding in his arms his first- born , a true little son of Abra- ham . As soon as old enough to face the foggy London air , the hope of the house of Ikey had been brought round for me to see ...
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A BACKWASH OF WAR BY MAJOR GEORGE BRUCE | 44 |
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