Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 307William Blackwood, 1970 - England |
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Page 157
... story of the Veronica affair might never have come to light . Instead Rau accepted the offer of Captain Browne to give the five men passage to Liverpool , and they were duly accepted into the Liverpool ship . One might expect that that ...
... story of the Veronica affair might never have come to light . Instead Rau accepted the offer of Captain Browne to give the five men passage to Liverpool , and they were duly accepted into the Liverpool ship . One might expect that that ...
Page 159
... story invented to be told when the survivors were picked up or when they reached land . Rau , said Thomas , had ordered him , Bravo and Johannson to learn the story by rote , and he made them repeat it several times a day or try to do ...
... story invented to be told when the survivors were picked up or when they reached land . Rau , said Thomas , had ordered him , Bravo and Johannson to learn the story by rote , and he made them repeat it several times a day or try to do ...
Page 323
... story had spread through the Aldershot Gar- rison , and I was enthralled by Gub- bins's version of it . But oh ! Gubbins , you old bluffstick , old soldier , and plagiarist , you told your story to the wrong man . You may have dug in ...
... story had spread through the Aldershot Gar- rison , and I was enthralled by Gub- bins's version of it . But oh ! Gubbins , you old bluffstick , old soldier , and plagiarist , you told your story to the wrong man . You may have dug in ...
Contents
THE CONQUEST OF PUTNEY HILL JOHN KENNEDY 66 | 22 |
AN OLD STAMP ALBUM BY A R B HALDANE 348 | 33 |
THE ONLY MAN ON THE ISLAND BY LESLIE GARDINER 259 | 34 |
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