Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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Page 136
... hand . Before the battle the tank engineer would rush on his motor - cycle from one invalid tank to another . At Proyart , for example , a few minutes before " zero " he was repairing under continuous shell - fire a spare tank which had ...
... hand . Before the battle the tank engineer would rush on his motor - cycle from one invalid tank to another . At Proyart , for example , a few minutes before " zero " he was repairing under continuous shell - fire a spare tank which had ...
Page 154
... hand , so to speak , and were transformed from dangers into breakwaters against the north- easterly swell rolling in . Accordingly , whenever oir- cumstances permitted , we came to anchor at one or other of the islands , for a few hours ...
... hand , so to speak , and were transformed from dangers into breakwaters against the north- easterly swell rolling in . Accordingly , whenever oir- cumstances permitted , we came to anchor at one or other of the islands , for a few hours ...
Page 164
... hand , their former men , now skilled and civilised , will not go back to them ? If things are allowed to go on as before , and if every decently comfortable part of these great ships is still complacently robbed from their crews , in ...
... hand , their former men , now skilled and civilised , will not go back to them ? If things are allowed to go on as before , and if every decently comfortable part of these great ships is still complacently robbed from their crews , in ...
Page 169
... hand , and practically ignored the existence of the boy . His own attention was taken up to a great extent with the study of chess . He would spend hours working out the varia- tions of some fresh opening , which he would afterwards ...
... hand , and practically ignored the existence of the boy . His own attention was taken up to a great extent with the study of chess . He would spend hours working out the varia- tions of some fresh opening , which he would afterwards ...
Page 175
... hand on my shoulder in a friendly fashion . " You are out of your depth in this business . It's all mystery to you . Heaven knows there's plenty mystery for the rest of us who are in it , but for you who have been kept in the dark all ...
... hand on my shoulder in a friendly fashion . " You are out of your depth in this business . It's all mystery to you . Heaven knows there's plenty mystery for the rest of us who are in it , but for you who have been kept in the dark all ...
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