Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 205William Blackwood, 1919 - England |
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Page 34
... land was plainly visible about five miles away , rising in steep cliffs of red granite straight out of the sea , and the numerous bays and headlands could be clearly dis- tinguished . In some of the clefts in the cliffs masses of dirty ...
... land was plainly visible about five miles away , rising in steep cliffs of red granite straight out of the sea , and the numerous bays and headlands could be clearly dis- tinguished . In some of the clefts in the cliffs masses of dirty ...
Page 44
... land with the fruits of our labours . " The trawlers then anchored in a small bay for the night , and the work of plotting the mines destroyed on the chart and arranging for the next day's labours was undertaken . It was after eleven ...
... land with the fruits of our labours . " The trawlers then anchored in a small bay for the night , and the work of plotting the mines destroyed on the chart and arranging for the next day's labours was undertaken . It was after eleven ...
Page 57
... land war , when hatred of the law and of its adminis- trators was rampant , while charges of bias , eruelty , and oppression were freely made , no one so far as I observed ever breathed a suggestion of bribery : everybody felt that to ...
... land war , when hatred of the law and of its adminis- trators was rampant , while charges of bias , eruelty , and oppression were freely made , no one so far as I observed ever breathed a suggestion of bribery : everybody felt that to ...
Page 60
... land I must depart . " dark patches here and there for woods and white ribbons. WHEN I arrived at the Handley - Page aerodrome I realised that , for the second time in the war , I was to have the good fortune to be attached to 8 ...
... land I must depart . " dark patches here and there for woods and white ribbons. WHEN I arrived at the Handley - Page aerodrome I realised that , for the second time in the war , I was to have the good fortune to be attached to 8 ...
Page 63
... land , I found no heart - sinkings when I left Dover on a de- stroyer for I had grown used to leaving England - but now my departure was potent with sorrow . I felt almost inclined to fling out my arms to the fast - fading homeland . At ...
... land , I found no heart - sinkings when I left Dover on a de- stroyer for I had grown used to leaving England - but now my departure was potent with sorrow . I felt almost inclined to fling out my arms to the fast - fading homeland . At ...
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