Blackwood's Magazine, Том 221William Blackwood, 1927 |
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... showed a little in my voice . " Oh ! You get used to sugar in time and don't notice it , " said my host soothingly . 66 There are worse cargoes - dye wood , for instance . I loaded a cargo of logs once at Puerto Caballos , and they ...
... showed a little in my voice . " Oh ! You get used to sugar in time and don't notice it , " said my host soothingly . 66 There are worse cargoes - dye wood , for instance . I loaded a cargo of logs once at Puerto Caballos , and they ...
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... showed signs of jibbing with his sjam- bok . And a sjambok's a nasty thing to get hit with . It's a strip of dried rhino hide , and a smack with one on the bare skin will draw blood quick if you aren't careful . And Finch wasn't careful ...
... showed signs of jibbing with his sjam- bok . And a sjambok's a nasty thing to get hit with . It's a strip of dried rhino hide , and a smack with one on the bare skin will draw blood quick if you aren't careful . And Finch wasn't careful ...
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... showed preference for me in one respect , as he would allow no one to touch his chronometer but myself . This instrument was his own private property . He did not entirely depend upon my management of it when he was taking observations ...
... showed preference for me in one respect , as he would allow no one to touch his chronometer but myself . This instrument was his own private property . He did not entirely depend upon my management of it when he was taking observations ...
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... cramped up in a corner and scarcely capable of moving , two of my men showed a mark of attention to me which pleased me very much . They took off their neckerchiefs and 1927. ] 21 Naval Officer One Hundred Years Ago .
... cramped up in a corner and scarcely capable of moving , two of my men showed a mark of attention to me which pleased me very much . They took off their neckerchiefs and 1927. ] 21 Naval Officer One Hundred Years Ago .
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... showed us it was a Burgundy . In Pauillac I saw the extreme example of this local distribution of excellence ; for we lunched at Pontet Canet , where the vineyard lies in between those of Lafite and La Tour . Only a footpath divides the ...
... showed us it was a Burgundy . In Pauillac I saw the extreme example of this local distribution of excellence ; for we lunched at Pontet Canet , where the vineyard lies in between those of Lafite and La Tour . Only a footpath divides the ...
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