Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen 251William Blackwood, 1942 |
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... Dovenby's bilges , after a full year in tropic waters , were tight as a drum and sweet as a nut . Wooden ships , rolling and pitching , opened up their seams to leak dis- tractingly . This called for double work by the crew , in case ...
... Dovenby's bilges , after a full year in tropic waters , were tight as a drum and sweet as a nut . Wooden ships , rolling and pitching , opened up their seams to leak dis- tractingly . This called for double work by the crew , in case ...
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... Dovenby has been rolling and slugging down towards the Minotaur , whose parlous plight became more evident the nearer we drew towards her . Even I , peering over the topgallant- rail where I was stationed at a scupper with an oil - drum ...
... Dovenby has been rolling and slugging down towards the Minotaur , whose parlous plight became more evident the nearer we drew towards her . Even I , peering over the topgallant- rail where I was stationed at a scupper with an oil - drum ...
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... Dovenby boys many a pocketful of cabin biscuit on the sly , knowing by old experience what a starvation ship we were . We could not repay that debt - he died . But when another missed the boat- a slim boy - and fell into the sea , to ...
... Dovenby boys many a pocketful of cabin biscuit on the sly , knowing by old experience what a starvation ship we were . We could not repay that debt - he died . But when another missed the boat- a slim boy - and fell into the sea , to ...
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