Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 230William Blackwood, 1931 - England |
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Page 239
... yards on a barque before , " said I. " Ho ! you noticed them , have you ? I fitted them for a lark in Manilla two voyages ago . Came in at sunset , and anchored in the outer road . When I went ashore there was a fellow bragging away in ...
... yards on a barque before , " said I. " Ho ! you noticed them , have you ? I fitted them for a lark in Manilla two voyages ago . Came in at sunset , and anchored in the outer road . When I went ashore there was a fellow bragging away in ...
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... yards ' mark instead of where it should have been , at zero . So that I had been trying to hit a mark less than six yards away with a rifle sighted for two thousand yards . Two thousand yards ! I could scarcely believe the evidence of ...
... yards ' mark instead of where it should have been , at zero . So that I had been trying to hit a mark less than six yards away with a rifle sighted for two thousand yards . Two thousand yards ! I could scarcely believe the evidence of ...
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... yards , the vessel struck Ponta Reef , Bonavista Island , head on . The main and cross - jack yards were laid aback and every effort was made to back the ship off , without avail . At 9,20 P.M. all the sails were clewed up and both the ...
... yards , the vessel struck Ponta Reef , Bonavista Island , head on . The main and cross - jack yards were laid aback and every effort was made to back the ship off , without avail . At 9,20 P.M. all the sails were clewed up and both the ...
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A BOOKISH GOSSIP AROUND GEORGE SAINTSBURY BY R | 126 |
ADOWN THE TIGRIS I WAS BORNE BY SHALIMAR | 141 |
AN OVERLOADED ASS BY THE HON SIR JOHN FORTESCUE | 292 |
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