Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 267William Blackwood, 1950 - England |
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As a subaltern I once unwisely bade a cheery good morning ' to a grumpy major before his day could have been properly aired . Without lifting his nose from his porridge he said , " Good morning , good morning , good morning ; and that ...
As a subaltern I once unwisely bade a cheery good morning ' to a grumpy major before his day could have been properly aired . Without lifting his nose from his porridge he said , " Good morning , good morning , good morning ; and that ...
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The weather remained fine , and with the fair wind we logged a steady five knots throughout that night , and all through Sunday till Monday morning , by which time we were off Cape Caxine , near Algiers .
The weather remained fine , and with the fair wind we logged a steady five knots throughout that night , and all through Sunday till Monday morning , by which time we were off Cape Caxine , near Algiers .
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We made one futile effort that morning to follow in the tracks of a markhor on a snow - covered ledge . The wind had dropped for a while and the ledge was over a foot in width , so it all seemed easy , till we came to a cleft and the ...
We made one futile effort that morning to follow in the tracks of a markhor on a snow - covered ledge . The wind had dropped for a while and the ledge was over a foot in width , so it all seemed easy , till we came to a cleft and the ...
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