Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 282William Blackwood, 1957 - England |
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Page 249
... mother's ghost . Polished linoleum in the bedroom - mother liked it that way -embroidered firescreen in the grate -mother's work . When you get out of bed onto the mat , it slides into the firescreen which crashes down onto your foot ...
... mother's ghost . Polished linoleum in the bedroom - mother liked it that way -embroidered firescreen in the grate -mother's work . When you get out of bed onto the mat , it slides into the firescreen which crashes down onto your foot ...
Page 442
... mother went to the other extreme , wept copiously , crept about the house on felt soles , in sackcloth and ashes , and forbade everyone to speak above a whisper or even to smile . had , she declared , dragged her beloved sister to her ...
... mother went to the other extreme , wept copiously , crept about the house on felt soles , in sackcloth and ashes , and forbade everyone to speak above a whisper or even to smile . had , she declared , dragged her beloved sister to her ...
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... Mother who , as a matter of practice if not of principle , never boiled her drinking - water or took the most elementary precautions to retain her perfect health , sniffed scornfully ; and when next the Colonel came to luncheon he was ...
... Mother who , as a matter of practice if not of principle , never boiled her drinking - water or took the most elementary precautions to retain her perfect health , sniffed scornfully ; and when next the Colonel came to luncheon he was ...
Contents
TENERIFE INVICTA | 48 |
THE AUGER BY PETER YORSTON | 225 |
THE BEAUTIFUL REVOLUTION BY UBYSSEY | 453 |
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