Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 272-273William Blackwood, 1952 |
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Page 131
... seemed an eternity waited fretfully in that stifling room while the mills of officialdom continued to grind slowly and exceedingly small . Conversation , which at first had been animated , grew sporadic , and finally ceased altogether ...
... seemed an eternity waited fretfully in that stifling room while the mills of officialdom continued to grind slowly and exceedingly small . Conversation , which at first had been animated , grew sporadic , and finally ceased altogether ...
Page 134
... seemed SO comical that our young wireless operator volunteered to throw his arms round her while the others got through . But the lady advanced so menacingly that he was dissuaded by a reminder that a dead wireless operator can never ...
... seemed SO comical that our young wireless operator volunteered to throw his arms round her while the others got through . But the lady advanced so menacingly that he was dissuaded by a reminder that a dead wireless operator can never ...
Page 386
... seemed desirable to re- examine the idea of buying a second - hand Land Rover at vast expense and then losing it in an elderly minefield , with- out benefit of insurance . I hoped to be the receptacle for much scientific data about bird ...
... seemed desirable to re- examine the idea of buying a second - hand Land Rover at vast expense and then losing it in an elderly minefield , with- out benefit of insurance . I hoped to be the receptacle for much scientific data about bird ...
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