Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen 221William Blackwood, 1927 |
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... fire forward . I called for the drum- mer to beat to quarters - a foolish thing to do in those days , as it wasted time , while a word would have sufficed and told the Captain . It trans- pired that some matches had ignited somehow ...
... fire forward . I called for the drum- mer to beat to quarters - a foolish thing to do in those days , as it wasted time , while a word would have sufficed and told the Captain . It trans- pired that some matches had ignited somehow ...
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... fire the guns off with , and after all could only get some cinders from the galley . " I was sorry to have punished him when I dis- covered this to be the fact ; I had thought he was running away from his duty . We heard a shot ...
... fire the guns off with , and after all could only get some cinders from the galley . " I was sorry to have punished him when I dis- covered this to be the fact ; I had thought he was running away from his duty . We heard a shot ...
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... fire for the rest of the night . We were too glad of such a chance to hesitate a minute , and so took our places with alacrity . Two maids were already nodding over the embers with their arms under their aprons ; and as we had our ...
... fire for the rest of the night . We were too glad of such a chance to hesitate a minute , and so took our places with alacrity . Two maids were already nodding over the embers with their arms under their aprons ; and as we had our ...
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... fire at you without hesitation , and I leave it entirely at the discretion of the jailor to place you or not in the black hole . " 66 " And I , sir , " I retorted , beg to inform you that I have not had my parole , and , despite all ...
... fire at you without hesitation , and I leave it entirely at the discretion of the jailor to place you or not in the black hole . " 66 " And I , sir , " I retorted , beg to inform you that I have not had my parole , and , despite all ...
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... fire , for the guard asked me what countryman I was . I answered " Swiss . " " What canton ? " On my naming Berne , he exclaimed , " Ah , my own , " but he had penetration enough to see that I was not disposed to talk , and did not ...
... fire , for the guard asked me what countryman I was . I answered " Swiss . " " What canton ? " On my naming Berne , he exclaimed , " Ah , my own , " but he had penetration enough to see that I was not disposed to talk , and did not ...
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