Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 221William Blackwood, 1927 - England |
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Page 11
... standing up here trying to make up my mind whether or not to take the ship into Singa- pore - and chance getting fired for it , -when I caught sight of somebody leaning on the rail right up in the bows . It was dark , but I could make ...
... standing up here trying to make up my mind whether or not to take the ship into Singa- pore - and chance getting fired for it , -when I caught sight of somebody leaning on the rail right up in the bows . It was dark , but I could make ...
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... stand for at any price . He must have had some sort of follow- ing , too , in Tientsin , which was where he'd been at work , be- cause they started to riot one day and did in a mandarin or somebody , and then this chap had been arrested ...
... stand for at any price . He must have had some sort of follow- ing , too , in Tientsin , which was where he'd been at work , be- cause they started to riot one day and did in a mandarin or somebody , and then this chap had been arrested ...
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... stand by forward , and then took another cast of the lead . time we only got six fathoms , and I saw it was high time to bring the ship up and wait until we could see something . ' Stand by , forward , ' I sang out , and This All ready ...
... stand by forward , and then took another cast of the lead . time we only got six fathoms , and I saw it was high time to bring the ship up and wait until we could see something . ' Stand by , forward , ' I sang out , and This All ready ...
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... stand- ing on a chair near the bed , and the Dane asked me if I would oblige him by emptying it out of the window . fortune never comes singly , they say , and an illustration of this adage was at hand . White- hurst , in order to ...
... stand- ing on a chair near the bed , and the Dane asked me if I would oblige him by emptying it out of the window . fortune never comes singly , they say , and an illustration of this adage was at hand . White- hurst , in order to ...
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... stand , so with a growl and an oath at Whitehurst for his pains , I pulled a hard stroke that brought us into contact with the coveted prize . We had hardly touched the boat's 1927. ] 29 Naval Officer One Hundred Years Ago .
... stand , so with a growl and an oath at Whitehurst for his pains , I pulled a hard stroke that brought us into contact with the coveted prize . We had hardly touched the boat's 1927. ] 29 Naval Officer One Hundred Years Ago .
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