Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 251William Blackwood, 1942 - England |
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Page 164
... deck in the early spring sunshine the ship presented an extra- ordinary sight . The whole top deck was a packed mass of men through which it was almost impossible to force a way . Men in rags , men with a week's beard , men with their ...
... deck in the early spring sunshine the ship presented an extra- ordinary sight . The whole top deck was a packed mass of men through which it was almost impossible to force a way . Men in rags , men with a week's beard , men with their ...
Page 242
... deck - where no fresh air could penetrate and no light ever entered . The deck - hands were quartered in a fairly airy deck - house between the fore and main masts . We cadets , too , had our half - deck abaft the mainmast on deck . The ...
... deck - where no fresh air could penetrate and no light ever entered . The deck - hands were quartered in a fairly airy deck - house between the fore and main masts . We cadets , too , had our half - deck abaft the mainmast on deck . The ...
Page 243
... deck and the ' donkey's breakfast of my bunk could not hinder me from falling dead asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow : I who had never slept otherwise than between white sheets , with a maternal good - night kiss to speed me ...
... deck and the ' donkey's breakfast of my bunk could not hinder me from falling dead asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow : I who had never slept otherwise than between white sheets , with a maternal good - night kiss to speed me ...
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