Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 205; Volume 208William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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... took a hand , and , doubtless with the best intentions , made fast two powerful ice - breakers to the stern - post and endeavoured to tow off the vessel , now damaged and partly filled with water . Beyond carrying away the stern - post ...
... took a hand , and , doubtless with the best intentions , made fast two powerful ice - breakers to the stern - post and endeavoured to tow off the vessel , now damaged and partly filled with water . Beyond carrying away the stern - post ...
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... took the train from Murmansk for Soroka , vid Kandalaksha and Kem . The railway had only recently been finished , and , but for the war , it is doubtful whether it would ever have been finished at all , in view of the appalling death ...
... took the train from Murmansk for Soroka , vid Kandalaksha and Kem . The railway had only recently been finished , and , but for the war , it is doubtful whether it would ever have been finished at all , in view of the appalling death ...
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... took ten when we come down . The Russki engine - driver went off home and got married half way , and never came back for a week . ' " " In this he was more true to type than another another Russki , whose history I heard from a corporal ...
... took ten when we come down . The Russki engine - driver went off home and got married half way , and never came back for a week . ' " " In this he was more true to type than another another Russki , whose history I heard from a corporal ...
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... took ad- vantage of our agitation to make his escape , and we were left standing alone on the pier -in a state of mind which can be imagined . There was no hope of any tug in Soroka at midnight , and we made our way dis- consolately to ...
... took ad- vantage of our agitation to make his escape , and we were left standing alone on the pier -in a state of mind which can be imagined . There was no hope of any tug in Soroka at midnight , and we made our way dis- consolately to ...
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... took a look round . The view did not impress me . In the foreground stretched sand and still more sand ; in the background rose oruel naked hills of pale - grey olay phagei - barbarians clothed and marl and limestone . It in skins of ...
... took a look round . The view did not impress me . In the foreground stretched sand and still more sand ; in the background rose oruel naked hills of pale - grey olay phagei - barbarians clothed and marl and limestone . It in skins of ...
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