Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 192W. Blackwood, 1912 - Scotland |
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Page 82
... talk- in ' o ' different things , you two , " he explained in a nervous haste , anxious to get off delicate ground . " Tregaskis was al- ludin ' to er this here ; which " he concluded , body could have been more taken aback than I was ...
... talk- in ' o ' different things , you two , " he explained in a nervous haste , anxious to get off delicate ground . " Tregaskis was al- ludin ' to er this here ; which " he concluded , body could have been more taken aback than I was ...
Page 83
... talk to ' em in public life . I can reckernise the lingo , though I couldn ' manage it for worlds , an ' don't know as I want to try . " " Troy is my native town , you see , " explained Cai , drink- ing encouragement . " An ' a rattlin ...
... talk to ' em in public life . I can reckernise the lingo , though I couldn ' manage it for worlds , an ' don't know as I want to try . " " Troy is my native town , you see , " explained Cai , drink- ing encouragement . " An ' a rattlin ...
Page 87
... talk , sir : she was brought up to better things and ' tis only her tricks . . . Now the boy here - his name's Pam , which is short for Pal- merston : and I can't con- scientiously say more for him , except that he's willin ' and tells ...
... talk , sir : she was brought up to better things and ' tis only her tricks . . . Now the boy here - his name's Pam , which is short for Pal- merston : and I can't con- scientiously say more for him , except that he's willin ' and tells ...
Page 88
... talk . I didn't want her to know , but Pam comes from the Work'ouse . His father was mate of a vessel an ' drowned at sea , and his mother couldn't manage alone . " " What vessel ? " asked Cap- tain Cai . Both skippers were regarding ...
... talk . I didn't want her to know , but Pam comes from the Work'ouse . His father was mate of a vessel an ' drowned at sea , and his mother couldn't manage alone . " " What vessel ? " asked Cap- tain Cai . Both skippers were regarding ...
Page 90
... talk was discursive enough . But when at intervals one or the other opened his mouth , his utterance , though it took the form of a comment upon men and affairs , was in truth but the breathing of a deep inward content . On the table ...
... talk was discursive enough . But when at intervals one or the other opened his mouth , his utterance , though it took the form of a comment upon men and affairs , was in truth but the breathing of a deep inward content . On the table ...
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