Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 286W. Blackwood, 1959 - England |
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Page 208
I moved on from unit to unit , a harbinger of woe , and thought of a tale told me by a sapper friend in Movements ' who in May 1940 had been sent home to persuade an incredulous War Office that it was necessary ...
I moved on from unit to unit , a harbinger of woe , and thought of a tale told me by a sapper friend in Movements ' who in May 1940 had been sent home to persuade an incredulous War Office that it was necessary ...
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Tomas , one of the peones , had told me about the ombú , a tree prominent in gaucho legend and literature . It is , he said , a useless and dangerous tree ; no birds nest in it ; neither its leaves nor wood is used ; and finally I ...
Tomas , one of the peones , had told me about the ombú , a tree prominent in gaucho legend and literature . It is , he said , a useless and dangerous tree ; no birds nest in it ; neither its leaves nor wood is used ; and finally I ...
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The dour Scot , now quite cheerful , told me his name was Jock McKay , that he came ' frae Inverrrness , ' and • didn't go a bundle on bein ' stuck in this God - forsaken country . ” I asked him about the unit , and tried to picture him ...
The dour Scot , now quite cheerful , told me his name was Jock McKay , that he came ' frae Inverrrness , ' and • didn't go a bundle on bein ' stuck in this God - forsaken country . ” I asked him about the unit , and tried to picture him ...
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Contents
SOME GEORGE CROSS ISLANDERS BY J P MAURICE | 96 |
TALES | 160 |
WENT FOR SIX BY C F PEACH | 219 |
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