Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 285W. Blackwood, 1959 - England |
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Page 179
... round about 2 A.M. , I was woken by the clanging of the red telephone . The First Lord of the Admiralty was on the line , in person . My heart sank . Too often , in our opinion , he rang through in the small hours of the morning ...
... round about 2 A.M. , I was woken by the clanging of the red telephone . The First Lord of the Admiralty was on the line , in person . My heart sank . Too often , in our opinion , he rang through in the small hours of the morning ...
Page 261
... round a thin girder and tried to remember how to tie the knot we had been taught . Not at all sure that the knot would hold , we heaved the container on to the slide and pushed - hoping that the writhing loops of the line were not ...
... round a thin girder and tried to remember how to tie the knot we had been taught . Not at all sure that the knot would hold , we heaved the container on to the slide and pushed - hoping that the writhing loops of the line were not ...
Page 367
... round hatch - coamings and winches . White streaks of snow rushed horizontally past in the light from portholes . As I swung up the bridge ladder I met the captain . " Förste styrman ? You'd better go and check the lashings on the ...
... round hatch - coamings and winches . White streaks of snow rushed horizontally past in the light from portholes . As I swung up the bridge ladder I met the captain . " Förste styrman ? You'd better go and check the lashings on the ...
Contents
A DAY IN BOURNEMOUTH BY ALICE MASSIE | 96 |
BY ROBERT H HILL | 384 |
THE TADPOLES BY HUGH DUNT | 480 |
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