The Living Age, Volume 274Living Age Company, 1912 - Literature |
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Page 7
... hand , no seaman would care to be bound by red- tape rules which would force him to shirk such a route when information shows it to be safe , as was the case last year . Seamanship is adaptabil- ity ; it is not the creature of routine ...
... hand , no seaman would care to be bound by red- tape rules which would force him to shirk such a route when information shows it to be safe , as was the case last year . Seamanship is adaptabil- ity ; it is not the creature of routine ...
Page 8
... hand , by tending to reduce the number of ships on the sea it has added very considerably to the safety of ocean travel against collisions . In addition , there is a nearer approximation to un- sinkability in the big ship , as Brunell ...
... hand , by tending to reduce the number of ships on the sea it has added very considerably to the safety of ocean travel against collisions . In addition , there is a nearer approximation to un- sinkability in the big ship , as Brunell ...
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... hand - carts , and even horsed carriages were pressed into service , and any who refused were incontinently shot out of hand . Hu- man life was cheap that night in Nan- king . I walked all through the pillaged area and made many ...
... hand - carts , and even horsed carriages were pressed into service , and any who refused were incontinently shot out of hand . Hu- man life was cheap that night in Nan- king . I walked all through the pillaged area and made many ...
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... hand . Owing , however , to the wildest of rumors being part and parcel of Chi- nese daily life , very little notice is usu- ally take of them . But in one case that came under my own notice , an old Chi- nese lady , through believing ...
... hand . Owing , however , to the wildest of rumors being part and parcel of Chi- nese daily life , very little notice is usu- ally take of them . But in one case that came under my own notice , an old Chi- nese lady , through believing ...
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... hands be- longing to phantom bodies . Cried Mistress Ann in a loud clear voice : " Who are you ? What do you in- tend ? " Immediately a hand was put oyer her mouth and she was lifted out of the pillion by a strong pair of arms . Ro ...
... hands be- longing to phantom bodies . Cried Mistress Ann in a loud clear voice : " Who are you ? What do you in- tend ? " Immediately a hand was put oyer her mouth and she was lifted out of the pillion by a strong pair of arms . Ro ...
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