Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen224W. Blackwood, 1928 |
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... sent at once for the orderly officer , and , after telling him to have the alarm sounded , dressed as quickly as I could . I thought , of course , that the raiders would be coming up- stream past the fort , and that we might expect them ...
... sent at once for the orderly officer , and , after telling him to have the alarm sounded , dressed as quickly as I could . I thought , of course , that the raiders would be coming up- stream past the fort , and that we might expect them ...
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... sent for Henry Judson , explained the matter to him , and asked if he would go . He put one question to me before he consented . ' If I succeed , ' he said , will you reconsider my position ? ' I had expected this , and had my answer ...
... sent for Henry Judson , explained the matter to him , and asked if he would go . He put one question to me before he consented . ' If I succeed , ' he said , will you reconsider my position ? ' I had expected this , and had my answer ...
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... return from leave I put in an application to be sent back to my old station . To my surprise it was immediately approved , for Carstairs , who had taken my place , had been having constant attacks 1928. ] 37 The Golden Mouse .
... return from leave I put in an application to be sent back to my old station . To my surprise it was immediately approved , for Carstairs , who had taken my place , had been having constant attacks 1928. ] 37 The Golden Mouse .
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... sent north , a shattered wreck with the left leg of my trousers empty from the knee down . During the early weeks of those two months I fancy that I was delirious most of the time . The doctor who was with me said that I raved for hours ...
... sent north , a shattered wreck with the left leg of my trousers empty from the knee down . During the early weeks of those two months I fancy that I was delirious most of the time . The doctor who was with me said that I raved for hours ...
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... sent to one Jacob Abelsburg in the United States to tell him that Henry Judson was dead . After that I had sunk again into delirium , but the cable was sent , though no acknowledgment had been re- ceived . I kept my own counsel over the ...
... sent to one Jacob Abelsburg in the United States to tell him that Henry Judson was dead . After that I had sunk again into delirium , but the cable was sent , though no acknowledgment had been re- ceived . I kept my own counsel over the ...
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Página 45 - Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him ? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines : for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
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Página 493 - Yards from the breakers, the same Sea that washed the sides of the Ship rose in a breaker prodigiously high the very next time it did rise so that between us and destruction was only a dismal Vally the breadth of one wave and even now no ground could be felt with 120 fathoms.
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Página 420 - ... refusal. To give way to the blackmailer's menaces enriches him, but it has long been proved by uniform experience that, although this may secure for the victim temporary peace, it is certain to lead to renewed molestation and higher demands after ever-shortening periods of amicable forbearance.
Página 421 - Either Germany is definitely aiming at a general political hegemony and maritime ascendency, threatening the independence of her neighbours and ultimately the existence of England; Or Germany, free from any such clear-cut ambition, and thinking for the present merely of using her legitimate position and influence as one of the leading Powers in the council of nations, is seeking to promote her foreign commerce, spread the benefits of German culture, extend the scope of her national energies, and...
Página 78 - Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Página 845 - Don Quixote, Gil Bias, and Robinson Crusoe came out, a glorious host, to keep me company. They kept alive my fancy, and my hope of something beyond that place and time — they, and the Arabian Nights, and the Tales of the Genii — and did me no harm ; for, whatever harm was in some of them, was not there for me ; I knew nothing of it.