Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 259-260W. Blackwood, 1946 - England |
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Page 123
... river . He won't play with the river . It has rent , riven , and wrecked him , cast him on the rocks . The rocks are in league with the river , so he deserts them for the softer , kindlier turf . His sharp , ferocious little face ...
... river . He won't play with the river . It has rent , riven , and wrecked him , cast him on the rocks . The rocks are in league with the river , so he deserts them for the softer , kindlier turf . His sharp , ferocious little face ...
Page 191
... river to a mile - wide torrent , with trees , dead cattle , thatched roof - tops , and other flotsam careering down the current , a ferry - boat , loaded with homeward- bound villagers , was making its oblique way across the river from ...
... river to a mile - wide torrent , with trees , dead cattle , thatched roof - tops , and other flotsam careering down the current , a ferry - boat , loaded with homeward- bound villagers , was making its oblique way across the river from ...
Page 368
... river , but where the bank of the river is hard . This needs but half a dozen groynes laid in echelon to the current just above the spit to form a funnel with the bank . " Cast the boom overboard , " I order . and the telegraph - pole ...
... river , but where the bank of the river is hard . This needs but half a dozen groynes laid in echelon to the current just above the spit to form a funnel with the bank . " Cast the boom overboard , " I order . and the telegraph - pole ...
Contents
AMATEUR JOCKEY | 19 |
A ROPE FOR HIS EXCELLENCY BY A M G | 269 |
ATHOS AN ESCAPISTS PARADISE BY CAPTAIN J B DAVID | 329 |
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