Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 255-256W. Blackwood, 1944 |
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Page 58
... head , which was a beautifully carved , life - size image of a horse . Captain Venables was inordinately proud of the figure - head , and was wont to declare that in the matter of its design it was a clear case of ignorance being bliss ...
... head , which was a beautifully carved , life - size image of a horse . Captain Venables was inordinately proud of the figure - head , and was wont to declare that in the matter of its design it was a clear case of ignorance being bliss ...
Page 138
... head to the north'ard . " Full speed , " he ordered crisply . Almost at once the turtle foredeck rose high out of the water , and the thin hull throbbed with the drive of the high - powered engine . Glancing aft , Francis saw the stern ...
... head to the north'ard . " Full speed , " he ordered crisply . Almost at once the turtle foredeck rose high out of the water , and the thin hull throbbed with the drive of the high - powered engine . Glancing aft , Francis saw the stern ...
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... head is then to be cut off , and your body divided into four quarters to be at the king's disposal . And may the Almighty God have mercy on your soul . " That was in 1803 . But even the not unduly squeamish opinion of the early ...
... head is then to be cut off , and your body divided into four quarters to be at the king's disposal . And may the Almighty God have mercy on your soul . " That was in 1803 . But even the not unduly squeamish opinion of the early ...
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MWAS OF THE WATERWAYS BY JOHN WELMAN | 79 |
Contents for March 1944 | 156 |
A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE KHYBER PASS BY MAUD DIVER | 157 |
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