Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 186William Blackwood, 1909 - England |
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... perhaps , amusement . One morning I found among my telegrams the following message from an old Mahom- medan postmaster , whom I knew personally , and had seen two years previously on his previously on his return from China , where he ...
... perhaps , amusement . One morning I found among my telegrams the following message from an old Mahom- medan postmaster , whom I knew personally , and had seen two years previously on his previously on his return from China , where he ...
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... perhaps , have been em- barrassing if other Europeans had been present : " Sahib , is your Highness's stomach well- filled ? " To which , with due gravity , I replied : " By your Highness's favour , my stomach as a parting present , a ...
... perhaps , have been em- barrassing if other Europeans had been present : " Sahib , is your Highness's stomach well- filled ? " To which , with due gravity , I replied : " By your Highness's favour , my stomach as a parting present , a ...
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... perhaps . What's up ? " " Somebody has got the donkey - pump at work , " said Hughie . " It may be Angus , after all , monkeying with the water ballast . Hallo ! " he leaned over the stern - rail and peered down . " Do you notice ...
... perhaps . What's up ? " " Somebody has got the donkey - pump at work , " said Hughie . " It may be Angus , after all , monkeying with the water ballast . Hallo ! " he leaned over the stern - rail and peered down . " Do you notice ...
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... Perhaps , " suggested Mr Angus , " yin of the other boats cam ' back . " Kingdom pointed impatiently to two small specks upon the horizon . " They're there , " he said . " Maybe some liner has come across her and left a bit crew on ...
... Perhaps , " suggested Mr Angus , " yin of the other boats cam ' back . " Kingdom pointed impatiently to two small specks upon the horizon . " They're there , " he said . " Maybe some liner has come across her and left a bit crew on ...
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... perhaps relaxed a little . His views with regard to junior second lieutenants coincided with those of the Squadron- Leader , but he did not enforce them quite so rigidly . · " We started running again , " resumed the Curate in a hurry ...
... perhaps relaxed a little . His views with regard to junior second lieutenants coincided with those of the Squadron- Leader , but he did not enforce them quite so rigidly . · " We started running again , " resumed the Curate in a hurry ...
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