Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen224W. Blackwood, 1928 |
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... thought fit to utilise to the completion of our discomfiture , and re- turned to England . During a fortnight's holiday we had not climbed a peak or crossed a pass . But in spite of Mont Blanc's ungenerosity , I conceived a fascination ...
... thought fit to utilise to the completion of our discomfiture , and re- turned to England . During a fortnight's holiday we had not climbed a peak or crossed a pass . But in spite of Mont Blanc's ungenerosity , I conceived a fascination ...
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... thought , and we turned once more to the ascent . we did so we observed the first stones , loosened by the hot sun , whizzing down the couloirs on either side of the ridge . Our margin of safety had proved As substantial , and we were ...
... thought , and we turned once more to the ascent . we did so we observed the first stones , loosened by the hot sun , whizzing down the couloirs on either side of the ridge . Our margin of safety had proved As substantial , and we were ...
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... thought , of course , that the raiders would be coming up- stream past the fort , and that we might expect them at any moment , but when I got out and interviewed the messenger myself , I found that the mar- auders were taking a ...
... thought , of course , that the raiders would be coming up- stream past the fort , and that we might expect them at any moment , but when I got out and interviewed the messenger myself , I found that the mar- auders were taking a ...
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... thought we could , by marching at night . My adjutant thought it would be very risky , in view of the uncertainty of the dis- tance and the doubtful nature of the water supply on arrival . 66 Supposing , sir , " he said , " you were to ...
... thought we could , by marching at night . My adjutant thought it would be very risky , in view of the uncertainty of the dis- tance and the doubtful nature of the water supply on arrival . 66 Supposing , sir , " he said , " you were to ...
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... thought , be very near the promised water - hole at which our supply might be replenished , but , for safety's sake , I ordered each man , as soon as he had had a drink , to store his water - bottle beside the place where I lay down ...
... thought , be very near the promised water - hole at which our supply might be replenished , but , for safety's sake , I ordered each man , as soon as he had had a drink , to store his water - bottle beside the place where I lay down ...
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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.
Página 673 - Where by any of these rules one of two vessels is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed.
Página 338 - What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.
Página 489 - Seamen in general that whatever you give them out of the common way — altho' it be ever so much for their good — it will not go down, and you will hear nothing but murmurings against the Man that first invented it; but the moment they see their superiors set a value upon it, it becomes the finest stuff in the world and the inventor an honest fellow.
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.
Página 845 - From that blessed little room, Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle, Humphrey Clinker, Tom Jones, the Vicar of Wakefield, 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...
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.