Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 285W. Blackwood, 1959 - England |
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Page 179
... round about 2 A.M. , I was woken by the clanging of the red telephone . The First Lord of the Admiralty was on the line , in person . My heart sank . Too often , in our opinion , he rang through in the small hours of the morning ...
... round about 2 A.M. , I was woken by the clanging of the red telephone . The First Lord of the Admiralty was on the line , in person . My heart sank . Too often , in our opinion , he rang through in the small hours of the morning ...
Page 261
... round a thin girder and tried to remember how to tie the knot we had been taught . Not at all sure that the knot would hold , we heaved the container on to the slide and pushed - hoping that the writhing loops of the line were not ...
... round a thin girder and tried to remember how to tie the knot we had been taught . Not at all sure that the knot would hold , we heaved the container on to the slide and pushed - hoping that the writhing loops of the line were not ...
Page 550
... round the loading - point . Two young ones which were , as the soldiers said , ' only recruits , ' bellowed and roared with rage and refused to co - operate ; I expected an ugly scene , with ruth- less application of camel - sticks ...
... round the loading - point . Two young ones which were , as the soldiers said , ' only recruits , ' bellowed and roared with rage and refused to co - operate ; I expected an ugly scene , with ruth- less application of camel - sticks ...
Contents
A DAY IN BOURNEMOUTH BY ALICE MASSIE | 96 |
BEYOND THE ODER BY J P MAURICE | 192 |
BOXING DAY FOX BY JOHN HOPWOOD | 221 |
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