Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 251William Blackwood, 1942 - England |
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... knew what , but a signal had come through , and from now on we knew that at any moment we might be ordered to sea . I strolled across the flight - deck , climbed the narrow ladder on to the pom - pom platform where the men were pacing ...
... knew what , but a signal had come through , and from now on we knew that at any moment we might be ordered to sea . I strolled across the flight - deck , climbed the narrow ladder on to the pom - pom platform where the men were pacing ...
Page 248
... knew the ship from ten years of living with her ; knew her possibilities and her limitations , and he humoured her craftily . For fully half an hour no man knew whether she would live or die - she must have died but for our tyrant's ...
... knew the ship from ten years of living with her ; knew her possibilities and her limitations , and he humoured her craftily . For fully half an hour no man knew whether she would live or die - she must have died but for our tyrant's ...
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... knew it . : Rhys and two other men had , in their varied careers , served aboard ' Bankers ' those lively , hard - weather schooners that fish the Newfoundland Banks . They knew the capabilities and shortcomings of a boat in a sea- way ...
... knew it . : Rhys and two other men had , in their varied careers , served aboard ' Bankers ' those lively , hard - weather schooners that fish the Newfoundland Banks . They knew the capabilities and shortcomings of a boat in a sea- way ...
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