Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 281W. Blackwood, 1957 - England |
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For years he has been the enfant terrible of Central Africa , making some incautious and blistering speech that seemed to herald a crisis which never came off . Although some of his indiscretions may have been carefully calculated ...
For years he has been the enfant terrible of Central Africa , making some incautious and blistering speech that seemed to herald a crisis which never came off . Although some of his indiscretions may have been carefully calculated ...
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The trip to Ichang by river - steamer was , he said , commonplace , and we should never get farther because the Tibetan floods were due any day now and would render the gorges unnavigable . Brushing aside his objections , mother ...
The trip to Ichang by river - steamer was , he said , commonplace , and we should never get farther because the Tibetan floods were due any day now and would render the gorges unnavigable . Brushing aside his objections , mother ...
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“ I must say , " he remarked , " the only thing I like about a war is that you never know who you're going to sit next to at meals ! " Quite , " I said . I presumed he meant it as a compliment , but it was a sidelight on war which had ...
“ I must say , " he remarked , " the only thing I like about a war is that you never know who you're going to sit next to at meals ! " Quite , " I said . I presumed he meant it as a compliment , but it was a sidelight on war which had ...
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JANUARY 1957 | 1 |
A CUT ABOVE THE AVERAGE | 17 |
THE STONEFISH ON THE TRIDENT | 27 |
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