Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen 223William Blackwood, 1928 |
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... feet and speak him fair and give him polysyllabic information about their man- ners and customs , and what they can remember of the peculiar and personal private habits of their ancestors . Our gams ! Yes , you may stare . Never mind ...
... feet and speak him fair and give him polysyllabic information about their man- ners and customs , and what they can remember of the peculiar and personal private habits of their ancestors . Our gams ! Yes , you may stare . Never mind ...
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... feet five and a half inches . A unique prize . Now how to pickle him . Methylated spirit by the gallon forms no part of jungle equip- ment . No ; but ration rum does . A 4 - gallon keg of proof spirit was dug out of the ration- godown ...
... feet five and a half inches . A unique prize . Now how to pickle him . Methylated spirit by the gallon forms no part of jungle equip- ment . No ; but ration rum does . A 4 - gallon keg of proof spirit was dug out of the ration- godown ...
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... feet six , we knew it was in the hold as well , and when the red mud began to silt down into the well , no pump ever made would lift it . And how could we rig hand - pumps on a deck awash three feet deep with raging seas ? So we pushed ...
... feet six , we knew it was in the hold as well , and when the red mud began to silt down into the well , no pump ever made would lift it . And how could we rig hand - pumps on a deck awash three feet deep with raging seas ? So we pushed ...
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... feet of water in the fore - hold . The suctions were choked solid . The captain said it was no use trying to get to Glasgow . We'd be in Dutch before then . " I'll run her ashore in Mil- ford Haven , " he said in the chief's room ...
... feet of water in the fore - hold . The suctions were choked solid . The captain said it was no use trying to get to Glasgow . We'd be in Dutch before then . " I'll run her ashore in Mil- ford Haven , " he said in the chief's room ...
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... feet . That was about her draft . She wouldn't make any more . But the Old Man drove her across the Bristol Channel . The glass wasn't getting up any , and when we passed the forts at the entrance of Milford Haven and came opposite Pem ...
... feet . That was about her draft . She wouldn't make any more . But the Old Man drove her across the Bristol Channel . The glass wasn't getting up any , and when we passed the forts at the entrance of Milford Haven and came opposite Pem ...
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