Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 221William Blackwood, 1927 - England |
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... BRIDGE - BUILDERS . 66 BY LEANDER , " THE DIRTY DOGS ' CLUB . BY ANGUS GRAHAM , THE ELUSIVE TRAIL . BY CYRIL W. DAVSON , THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE CHOTA - PEG . BY FUNDI , THE FIRST ENGLISH ENCYCLOPEDIA . BY W. BRANCH JOHNSON , THE FIRST ...
... BRIDGE - BUILDERS . 66 BY LEANDER , " THE DIRTY DOGS ' CLUB . BY ANGUS GRAHAM , THE ELUSIVE TRAIL . BY CYRIL W. DAVSON , THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE CHOTA - PEG . BY FUNDI , THE FIRST ENGLISH ENCYCLOPEDIA . BY W. BRANCH JOHNSON , THE FIRST ...
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... bridge in search of a draught of air . A cane chair creaked , and out of the dark- ness came the Skipper's voice . Ah ! " said he , " I can't sleep either . I think this is the coolest spot in the ship ; but , if you want to get clear ...
... bridge in search of a draught of air . A cane chair creaked , and out of the dark- ness came the Skipper's voice . Ah ! " said he , " I can't sleep either . I think this is the coolest spot in the ship ; but , if you want to get clear ...
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... bridge and got the ship under way . " You don't seem to have liked that man much , " said I. " What did he do with his murderer eventually ? " 66 Oh , shackled him to a stanchion down No. 1 hold , " went on the Skipper . " It was the ...
... bridge and got the ship under way . " You don't seem to have liked that man much , " said I. " What did he do with his murderer eventually ? " 66 Oh , shackled him to a stanchion down No. 1 hold , " went on the Skipper . " It was the ...
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... bridge , so that if steam was turned on they'd squirt straight down both bridge lad- ders . We reckoned to gather on the bridge if things got desperate , and give the beasts a dose of high - pressure live steam , and boil a few of them ...
... bridge , so that if steam was turned on they'd squirt straight down both bridge lad- ders . We reckoned to gather on the bridge if things got desperate , and give the beasts a dose of high - pressure live steam , and boil a few of them ...
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... bridge and he went down the hold . I didn't see him again . " The Skipper's long chair screeched as he sat up sud- denly . For a while he said nothing at all ; but when he spoke again his voice surprised me . " It's not wise , " he said ...
... bridge and he went down the hold . I didn't see him again . " The Skipper's long chair screeched as he sat up sud- denly . For a while he said nothing at all ; but when he spoke again his voice surprised me . " It's not wise , " he said ...
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