Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 282William Blackwood, 1957 - England |
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Page 213
... miles distant , he gambled on thrusting to Lucknow and getting back before they were ready to assault . Leaving Neill to hold Cawnpore with only 300 bayonets , he took his tiny force across the Ganges to attempt the forty - five miles ...
... miles distant , he gambled on thrusting to Lucknow and getting back before they were ready to assault . Leaving Neill to hold Cawnpore with only 300 bayonets , he took his tiny force across the Ganges to attempt the forty - five miles ...
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... miles an hour . Voyages of incredible length were made , and these wild hunters of the sea - otter would venture from twenty to thirty miles out to sea in pursuit of their quarry . In later years , under Baranov's rule , the Aleuts were ...
... miles an hour . Voyages of incredible length were made , and these wild hunters of the sea - otter would venture from twenty to thirty miles out to sea in pursuit of their quarry . In later years , under Baranov's rule , the Aleuts were ...
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... miles the going was good , on a main road . Occasionally a truck passed me , water sluicing sideways from its wheels . As they slowed , the drivers would raise a hand from the steering- wheel in salutation . Many of them I knew well ...
... miles the going was good , on a main road . Occasionally a truck passed me , water sluicing sideways from its wheels . As they slowed , the drivers would raise a hand from the steering- wheel in salutation . Many of them I knew well ...
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TENERIFE INVICTA BY J D SPINNEY | 48 |
THE AMERICAS CUP BY FRANCIS B COOKE | 191 |
A BROADLAND GOSSIP BY WONTOLLA | 384 |
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