Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 254William Blackwood, 1943 - England |
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... dark - eyed col- leens and golden - voiced bhoys against a background of soft green hills and Irish wit . Romance is in my story , but the most hardened sentimentalist could not dub it sweet . There are no soft green hills . Only the ...
... dark - eyed col- leens and golden - voiced bhoys against a background of soft green hills and Irish wit . Romance is in my story , but the most hardened sentimentalist could not dub it sweet . There are no soft green hills . Only the ...
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darkness , and the swarms of infuriated bees we heard it called other and more profane names !! By evening the ' Veddas ' were ready ; they had now but to wait for darkness , for there were too many hives to make a daylight descent ...
darkness , and the swarms of infuriated bees we heard it called other and more profane names !! By evening the ' Veddas ' were ready ; they had now but to wait for darkness , for there were too many hives to make a daylight descent ...
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... dark set out on its moonlight steeplechase . There was an early half moon , which gave a little light until after 11 P.M. The armoured cars pushed on down the road , followed by infantry carriers and infantry in lorries . When the two ...
... dark set out on its moonlight steeplechase . There was an early half moon , which gave a little light until after 11 P.M. The armoured cars pushed on down the road , followed by infantry carriers and infantry in lorries . When the two ...
Contents
GEE | 210 |
A LITTLE RIVER OF OLD JAPAN BY SIR HAROLD PARLETT | 357 |
MEDICINEMANS CHILD | 373 |
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