Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 239William Blackwood, 1936 - England |
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Page 51
... watch one was at the wheel , the other two were half drunk . The dock pilot did not seem to worry about little things like the danger of mooring ropes fouling the propeller , and several times he made the second mate's heart miss a ...
... watch one was at the wheel , the other two were half drunk . The dock pilot did not seem to worry about little things like the danger of mooring ropes fouling the propeller , and several times he made the second mate's heart miss a ...
Page 52
... watch he found the steamer diving into a head swell . Deeply loaded as she was the sea was already lapping over the fore- deck and washing away the remains of the coal - dust . The setting sun was hidden behind a bank of hard , oily ...
... watch he found the steamer diving into a head swell . Deeply loaded as she was the sea was already lapping over the fore- deck and washing away the remains of the coal - dust . The setting sun was hidden behind a bank of hard , oily ...
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... watch . Someone would perhaps be practising landings with an instructor , preparatory to going solo . He would land , take off , do a short circuit round the aero- drome , turn into wind , and land again . This would be done perhaps a ...
... watch . Someone would perhaps be practising landings with an instructor , preparatory to going solo . He would land , take off , do a short circuit round the aero- drome , turn into wind , and land again . This would be done perhaps a ...
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A BACKWASH OF WAR BY MAJOR GEORGE BRUCE | 44 |
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