Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 308William Blackwood, 1970 - England |
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Page 199
... wind was freshening and the glass rising as the storm broke on Commodoro Rivada- via . Early in the morning we were hove to , but by breakfast were under sail again with the wind in the south - west . A sunny day and a rough sea . By ...
... wind was freshening and the glass rising as the storm broke on Commodoro Rivada- via . Early in the morning we were hove to , but by breakfast were under sail again with the wind in the south - west . A sunny day and a rough sea . By ...
Page 320
... wind was backing so quickly as the glass fell that I hoped that there was no great weight of wind to come . By 1700 we were hove to , but an hour later were sailing again , still on a south- westerly course , with a horrible toppling ...
... wind was backing so quickly as the glass fell that I hoped that there was no great weight of wind to come . By 1700 we were hove to , but an hour later were sailing again , still on a south- westerly course , with a horrible toppling ...
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... wind to come . It came in the evening unheralded from the south , and since it was Christmas Eve we set the twins ... wind held all day , and we ended it as other people were doing in many parts of the world , with a sensation of having ...
... wind to come . It came in the evening unheralded from the south , and since it was Christmas Eve we set the twins ... wind held all day , and we ended it as other people were doing in many parts of the world , with a sensation of having ...
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PAXOS BY ANTHONY AIKMAN | 48 |
A CHANTYMAN LOOKS BACK BY A H RASMUSSEN 254 | 97 |
PRAESTO BY JAMES MONTGOMERY ROBINSON 385 | 150 |
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