Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 272William Blackwood, 1952 - England |
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... sound to break the evening stillness was a series of shuddering , tor- mented groans- " Oh - h - h - h ! " At last a gap in the ice - wall on the right bank revealed a wide , gently sloping beach of fine shingle , and towards that we ...
... sound to break the evening stillness was a series of shuddering , tor- mented groans- " Oh - h - h - h ! " At last a gap in the ice - wall on the right bank revealed a wide , gently sloping beach of fine shingle , and towards that we ...
Page 154
... sound such as I had never heard , an unearthly sound . Impossible it could be made by an animal , yet not human either . I distin- guished the sounds of boiling water , hissing steam , giggling girls and squeaking bats . I set out to ...
... sound such as I had never heard , an unearthly sound . Impossible it could be made by an animal , yet not human either . I distin- guished the sounds of boiling water , hissing steam , giggling girls and squeaking bats . I set out to ...
Page 155
... sound in the world , but this was purring magnified a hundredfold . Their bodies vibrated with it ; the ground trembled . It was the expression of perfect contentment born of a platonic love . If the greater the intelligence the greater ...
... sound in the world , but this was purring magnified a hundredfold . Their bodies vibrated with it ; the ground trembled . It was the expression of perfect contentment born of a platonic love . If the greater the intelligence the greater ...
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