Blackwood's Magazine, Том 222William Blackwood, 1927 |
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... called her lots of names. After completing an inspec- tion , we walked away from the wharf and returned to the hotel . We were to embark on the morrow . Chatsworth and I were put- ting the final touches to our packing when a little ...
... called her lots of names. After completing an inspec- tion , we walked away from the wharf and returned to the hotel . We were to embark on the morrow . Chatsworth and I were put- ting the final touches to our packing when a little ...
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• " Oh , we called her lots of names last. · and the ship heeled over at a most unpleasant angle as it hissed and sizzled through the white capped waves . That hateful corkscrew motion started , and the vessel began to squirm its way ...
• " Oh , we called her lots of names last. · and the ship heeled over at a most unpleasant angle as it hissed and sizzled through the white capped waves . That hateful corkscrew motion started , and the vessel began to squirm its way ...
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... called it a girl's nightie . " If he hadn't been so big and dignified , I think I could have borne it , but this large person , looking rather fierce , and then the bull neck surrounded by embroidery and the nether por- tions likewise ...
... called it a girl's nightie . " If he hadn't been so big and dignified , I think I could have borne it , but this large person , looking rather fierce , and then the bull neck surrounded by embroidery and the nether por- tions likewise ...
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... called upon , to deliver the whole quantity of gas in a single mighty belch . Deflation was slower , the gas being pumped back into the tanks ; but in cases of emer- gency the balloon could be instantly ripped . For some reason the ...
... called upon , to deliver the whole quantity of gas in a single mighty belch . Deflation was slower , the gas being pumped back into the tanks ; but in cases of emer- gency the balloon could be instantly ripped . For some reason the ...
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... called upon to face a buffeting that they were not designed to stand . One ripped its cable from the winch and landed in Norway ; a second broke free and was lost for ever , and other set- backs of a like kind occurred . Yet Campania's ...
... called upon to face a buffeting that they were not designed to stand . One ripped its cable from the winch and landed in Norway ; a second broke free and was lost for ever , and other set- backs of a like kind occurred . Yet Campania's ...
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