Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 308William Blackwood, 1970 - England |
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Page 260
... feet and tried to walk . But I found that I could not move . My feet were gripped by shingle halfway up to my knees . The speed of the on- rushing seas seas forced a passage through a top layer of pebbles on the firm ground , and when ...
... feet and tried to walk . But I found that I could not move . My feet were gripped by shingle halfway up to my knees . The speed of the on- rushing seas seas forced a passage through a top layer of pebbles on the firm ground , and when ...
Page 268
... feet again , tottered a few yards more , and then fell and lay still , spread - eagled among the squalor of no - man's - land . Charles blew his whistle for the second time . No. 9 Platoon , with perhaps less élan , emerged from their ...
... feet again , tottered a few yards more , and then fell and lay still , spread - eagled among the squalor of no - man's - land . Charles blew his whistle for the second time . No. 9 Platoon , with perhaps less élan , emerged from their ...
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... feet of the Madonna approached carrying two white silken cushions and laid them side by side on the first step leading to the altar . There followed a long pause and more chattering up front , then a priest appeared from a side entrance ...
... feet of the Madonna approached carrying two white silken cushions and laid them side by side on the first step leading to the altar . There followed a long pause and more chattering up front , then a priest appeared from a side entrance ...
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PAXOS BY ANTHONY AIKMAN | 48 |
A CHANTYMAN LOOKS BACK BY A H RASMUSSEN 254 | 97 |
PRAESTO BY JAMES MONTGOMERY ROBINSON 385 | 150 |
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