Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 205William Blackwood, 1919 - England |
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Page 9
... whole years , it took time for us to assimilate the wonderful advance of aero- nautical science which the scheme assumed : but given that Tweedledum's statement was correct , the scheme was feasible , and we soon took up the question ...
... whole years , it took time for us to assimilate the wonderful advance of aero- nautical science which the scheme assumed : but given that Tweedledum's statement was correct , the scheme was feasible , and we soon took up the question ...
Page 16
... whole conception would have been absurd . By good luck the party's preparations for escape were already far advanced , although , apart from the move , we had not proposed starting until June , on account of the rains , which continue ...
... whole conception would have been absurd . By good luck the party's preparations for escape were already far advanced , although , apart from the move , we had not proposed starting until June , on account of the rains , which continue ...
Page 45
... whole of the crews were fast asleep , absolutely worn out with the strain of five days ' perpetual sweeping in a mine - field . If any of my readers should ever visit & well - known cathedral town in northern Russia , and should have ...
... whole of the crews were fast asleep , absolutely worn out with the strain of five days ' perpetual sweeping in a mine - field . If any of my readers should ever visit & well - known cathedral town in northern Russia , and should have ...
Page 56
... whole civ- ilised world has produced only two great systems of law - the English and the Roman - and between them they now divide it . Englishmen did not forget this when their law was merci- less ; they are not likely to forget it now ...
... whole civ- ilised world has produced only two great systems of law - the English and the Roman - and between them they now divide it . Englishmen did not forget this when their law was merci- less ; they are not likely to forget it now ...
Page 57
... whole course of their cross - examination is deter- mined by their observation of the demeanour of the witness under it . A story is told of a case in which certain wills were produced which the claim- ant under them said he found and ...
... whole course of their cross - examination is deter- mined by their observation of the demeanour of the witness under it . A story is told of a case in which certain wills were produced which the claim- ant under them said he found and ...
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