Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 227William Blackwood, 1930 - England |
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Page 228
... watch- keeping was to lie low , fade from vision , vanish , disappear -remaining only within ear- shot , in case of command to convey to others Olympian mes- sages . This duty was no sine- cure , demanding often a dis- criminating tact ...
... watch- keeping was to lie low , fade from vision , vanish , disappear -remaining only within ear- shot , in case of command to convey to others Olympian mes- sages . This duty was no sine- cure , demanding often a dis- criminating tact ...
Page 230
... watch . Don't forget to Don't forget to relieve me punctually at midnight . Oh , Lord - what joy ! Swop watches with me for a hundred tin of De Reszkes ? " Not for a thousand tins , " I shouted , and tumbled down the lower bridge ladder ...
... watch . Don't forget to Don't forget to relieve me punctually at midnight . Oh , Lord - what joy ! Swop watches with me for a hundred tin of De Reszkes ? " Not for a thousand tins , " I shouted , and tumbled down the lower bridge ladder ...
Page 231
... watch yelled . " Course North - a - half- West . Log written up . Thank the Lord we'll be through the Pentlands before my morning watch .... Any supper be- low ? Good . Right , I'm off . " • O.K. He disappeared . I looked over the ...
... watch yelled . " Course North - a - half- West . Log written up . Thank the Lord we'll be through the Pentlands before my morning watch .... Any supper be- low ? Good . Right , I'm off . " • O.K. He disappeared . I looked over the ...
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