Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 267William Blackwood, 1950 - England |
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The second way was very sloppy and led to the cult of the plus - four ' affectation for officers . In inclement weather these plus - fours could hold as much rain as a large - sized bucket , and their unsoldierly appearance was a gift ...
The second way was very sloppy and led to the cult of the plus - four ' affectation for officers . In inclement weather these plus - fours could hold as much rain as a large - sized bucket , and their unsoldierly appearance was a gift ...
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had a three - cornered bayonet like a skewer , not the glorified knife of 1950 , and with it we were allowed to make only four ' points and four parries ' ; left high , left low , right high , right low , for both points and parries .
had a three - cornered bayonet like a skewer , not the glorified knife of 1950 , and with it we were allowed to make only four ' points and four parries ' ; left high , left low , right high , right low , for both points and parries .
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The first battleships to get out from Plymouth were the seventy - fours Robust and Ramillies ; the former had been ... until there remained only one commissioned battleship in the port , the Saturn , unluckiest seventy - four in the ...
The first battleships to get out from Plymouth were the seventy - fours Robust and Ramillies ; the former had been ... until there remained only one commissioned battleship in the port , the Saturn , unluckiest seventy - four in the ...
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