Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 205; Volume 208W. Blackwood, 1920 - Scotland |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 47
Page 91
... Persian coast to bring back to me the aching memory of the task . Instead of six skilled assistants , I had bat two - the captain of the Sphinx and the navigating officer - neither of whom , naturally , had ever undertaken anything of ...
... Persian coast to bring back to me the aching memory of the task . Instead of six skilled assistants , I had bat two - the captain of the Sphinx and the navigating officer - neither of whom , naturally , had ever undertaken anything of ...
Page 92
... Persian Gulf . It is a mountainous island , sixty miles in length , separated from the Persian coast by a long narrow channel , named " Clarence Strait " ( after good King William IV . ) There are three towns on it - Kishm , on the ...
... Persian Gulf . It is a mountainous island , sixty miles in length , separated from the Persian coast by a long narrow channel , named " Clarence Strait " ( after good King William IV . ) There are three towns on it - Kishm , on the ...
Page 93
... Persian forces in besieging the Portuguese at Kishm . The Persians , it seems , wanted their island back , and we wanted the Portuguese trade . Hence the alliance . Both of us got what we wanted , though in doing so we suffered an ...
... Persian forces in besieging the Portuguese at Kishm . The Persians , it seems , wanted their island back , and we wanted the Portuguese trade . Hence the alliance . Both of us got what we wanted , though in doing so we suffered an ...
Page 94
... Persian force . Beside the ruined fort there are many ancient tanks , now empty and dry , out into the rooky heart of the island . In the days of its splendid youth , water for these reservoirs was brought off in skins by boat from the ...
... Persian force . Beside the ruined fort there are many ancient tanks , now empty and dry , out into the rooky heart of the island . In the days of its splendid youth , water for these reservoirs was brought off in skins by boat from the ...
Page 95
... Persian shore . and living - rooms on the first The extremity of the point is floor , which thus are well a tattered peninsula of hills raised above the heat of the whose heart is penetrated by ground , and look widely forth deep ...
... Persian shore . and living - rooms on the first The extremity of the point is floor , which thus are well a tattered peninsula of hills raised above the heat of the whose heart is penetrated by ground , and look widely forth deep ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Afghans Aizawa Allies arms army arrived asked Baluch Bandar Abbas Barkat Berber British called camels camp Captain Chahbar coast Daria Daria Begi dark Dervishes dhows Disraeli door Empress enemy England English eyes face Fags feet fighting fish force French German Government Grey guns Halit hand head hills horse Hugo India Ireland Irish Jashk Jean Bart Kambar Karachi knew Lady land Lewis gun live looked Lord Lord Kitchener Macbeth MacTavish Mahsud Makran Masqat ment miles morning murder never night nullah officer once Oxley party passed Pecklebury Persian picquet political pump replied rifles road rook round Russian seemed ship side Sinn Fein Sultan Swift tell thing thought tion told took troops turned Ulidia village voice words Yamato yards Yung Seng