Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 221William Blackwood, 1927 - England |
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... brought a dozen or so assorted Chinks along with him -cooks and orderlies ' he called ' em , and he comes along worrying me about where he was to stow them . So I told him to run away and ask the Mate , and I could see by the look he ...
... brought a dozen or so assorted Chinks along with him -cooks and orderlies ' he called ' em , and he comes along worrying me about where he was to stow them . So I told him to run away and ask the Mate , and I could see by the look he ...
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... brought his chow down to him in the morning . He'd lie low all day , he said ; but on some nights , when things were quiet on deck , he'd ven- ture up for a bit and get some clean air . He said he'd made up his mind to wait and drop ...
... brought his chow down to him in the morning . He'd lie low all day , he said ; but on some nights , when things were quiet on deck , he'd ven- ture up for a bit and get some clean air . He said he'd made up his mind to wait and drop ...
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... brought up on her cable she swung round through nine points so quickly you'd have thought a tug had got hold of her head . I looked over the side and heard the tide regu- larly sluicing past us . ' Hear that ? ' said I to the second ...
... brought up on her cable she swung round through nine points so quickly you'd have thought a tug had got hold of her head . I looked over the side and heard the tide regu- larly sluicing past us . ' Hear that ? ' said I to the second ...
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... brought it more prominently forward by some additional remark , and I replied , " Yes , but what were you leaving your quarter for ? " " I was going to fetch a match or something to fire the guns off with , and after all could only get ...
... brought it more prominently forward by some additional remark , and I replied , " Yes , but what were you leaving your quarter for ? " " I was going to fetch a match or something to fire the guns off with , and after all could only get ...
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... brought to us by a ser- vant in regular succession next day , and at night we left again on horseback . We were told by our kind friends that we should not meet with similar attentions after we had got beyond Brittany . This intelli ...
... brought to us by a ser- vant in regular succession next day , and at night we left again on horseback . We were told by our kind friends that we should not meet with similar attentions after we had got beyond Brittany . This intelli ...
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