Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 254William Blackwood, 1943 |
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... feet above the water's edge . We rounded close under a grassy knoll , shaped like a green toad staring out to sea and called incongruously Sappho Point , and opened up Cumber- land Bay . This was a huge sheet of pale - green water some ...
... feet above the water's edge . We rounded close under a grassy knoll , shaped like a green toad staring out to sea and called incongruously Sappho Point , and opened up Cumber- land Bay . This was a huge sheet of pale - green water some ...
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... feet in the air in a completely hopeless position . They were alone in front of the infantry . It was rank madness ... feet outside the trench , but their heads below ground level . More and more metal was flying . If you have never sat ...
... feet in the air in a completely hopeless position . They were alone in front of the infantry . It was rank madness ... feet outside the trench , but their heads below ground level . More and more metal was flying . If you have never sat ...
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... feet to 5 feet and the current about four knots . There was a sandy bottom , but in patches it was quicksand . The strength of the current was such that you couldn't keep your footing , and for every step you took you were swept two ...
... feet to 5 feet and the current about four knots . There was a sandy bottom , but in patches it was quicksand . The strength of the current was such that you couldn't keep your footing , and for every step you took you were swept two ...
Contents
GEE | 210 |
A LITTLE RIVER OF OLD JAPAN BY SIR HAROLD PARLETT | 357 |
MEDICINEMANS CHILD | 373 |
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