Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 192W. Blackwood, 1912 - Scotland |
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... talk in Pushto . After the usual compliments , I asked him where he came from . " From Ghazni " ( about 200 miles off ) . " That is a long way . Was not the journey very trying ? " " Certainly it was , but it was well worth it ...
... talk in Pushto . After the usual compliments , I asked him where he came from . " From Ghazni " ( about 200 miles off ) . " That is a long way . Was not the journey very trying ? " " Certainly it was , but it was well worth it ...
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... talk ? we- a teach Couldn't " There are no parrots on this island , " replied Miss Etherington gently . " When we got away from here , " continued the imagina- tive Mr Gale , " we could take the little troupe with us , and earn an ...
... talk ? we- a teach Couldn't " There are no parrots on this island , " replied Miss Etherington gently . " When we got away from here , " continued the imagina- tive Mr Gale , " we could take the little troupe with us , and earn an ...
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... talk to me like that , " he almost shouted , " I could - Ahem ! Ha ! H'm ! Quite so ! My error ! " Miss Etherington's cheeks were crimson . " I think I will take a seda- tive scramble up Point Garry , " he concluded lamely . " Perhaps ...
... talk to me like that , " he almost shouted , " I could - Ahem ! Ha ! H'm ! Quite so ! My error ! " Miss Etherington's cheeks were crimson . " I think I will take a seda- tive scramble up Point Garry , " he concluded lamely . " Perhaps ...
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... talk , and although they had not been out of one another's company for the best part of three months , not one of the many topics with which they had whiled away that lengthy period intruded itself into the conversation . They seemed to ...
... talk , and although they had not been out of one another's company for the best part of three months , not one of the many topics with which they had whiled away that lengthy period intruded itself into the conversation . They seemed to ...
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... talk such nonsense ! But you're in spirits to - day , as any one can see . " She glanced at the broad back of Captain Tobias , who stood a few paces away , with legs planted wide and gaze still wrapped in con- templation of the ...
... talk such nonsense ! But you're in spirits to - day , as any one can see . " She glanced at the broad back of Captain Tobias , who stood a few paces away , with legs planted wide and gaze still wrapped in con- templation of the ...
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