Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 234William Blackwood, 1933 - England |
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Page 113
... gave him plenty of butt ' this time and no peace . The rod was bent nearly double , and I prayed fervently that all would hold , for I meant that fish to come out or every- thing to go . He was certainly putting up a great fight and ...
... gave him plenty of butt ' this time and no peace . The rod was bent nearly double , and I prayed fervently that all would hold , for I meant that fish to come out or every- thing to go . He was certainly putting up a great fight and ...
Page 479
... gave in my rôle as a Persian , to me a handsome pourboire , the obtain information of a kind man in the process calling me , that would have been com- in his expressive Hindustani , pletely out of our reach had the son of a pig and ...
... gave in my rôle as a Persian , to me a handsome pourboire , the obtain information of a kind man in the process calling me , that would have been com- in his expressive Hindustani , pletely out of our reach had the son of a pig and ...
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... gave me a week's work after- wards simply to let me over it in safety . I settled down to weary days of waiting . I knew no hour of the day nor day of the week I was a living automaton . But I had my interests . Occasionally at nights I ...
... gave me a week's work after- wards simply to let me over it in safety . I settled down to weary days of waiting . I knew no hour of the day nor day of the week I was a living automaton . But I had my interests . Occasionally at nights I ...
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