Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 230William Blackwood, 1931 - England |
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Page 175
... mind . He walked on , concentrating on his work , and in a moment he was oblivious to everything else . He had attained , in fact , to that rare degree of concentration which some persons laugh at and call ' absence of mind . ' Which is ...
... mind . He walked on , concentrating on his work , and in a moment he was oblivious to everything else . He had attained , in fact , to that rare degree of concentration which some persons laugh at and call ' absence of mind . ' Which is ...
Page 244
... mind was working more clearly , and I watched the compass card as the ship swung slowly , being evidently towed round by the large crews in the prahus . I could hear no drip of rain now , and the sound of wind was unmis- takable . How ...
... mind was working more clearly , and I watched the compass card as the ship swung slowly , being evidently towed round by the large crews in the prahus . I could hear no drip of rain now , and the sound of wind was unmis- takable . How ...
Page 263
... mind ; yet I often think that all travel has done for me is definitely to narrow my mind . Continued contact with all forms of life and thought has forced home to my mind the idea that nothing is absolutely impossible ; and while I ...
... mind ; yet I often think that all travel has done for me is definitely to narrow my mind . Continued contact with all forms of life and thought has forced home to my mind the idea that nothing is absolutely impossible ; and while I ...
Contents
A BOOKISH GOSSIP AROUND GEORGE SAINTSBURY BY R | 126 |
ADOWN THE TIGRIS I WAS BORNE BY SHALIMAR | 141 |
A SHOOTING TRIP IN CYPRUS | 357 |
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