Blackwood's Magazine, Том 204William Blackwood, 1918 |
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... commander of a Brazilian cruiser to the garrison on Trinidad . Hence her rapid flight ! But for that wireless message the Wolf would have walked right into the trap , and we should have been free within twelve hours from the time the ...
... commander of a Brazilian cruiser to the garrison on Trinidad . Hence her rapid flight ! But for that wireless message the Wolf would have walked right into the trap , and we should have been free within twelve hours from the time the ...
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... Commander of the Wolf called all his men together , and harangued them to the effect that the latest news was that Russia and Roumania were now out of the war , having given in to Germany , that the war would certainly be over in six ...
... Commander of the Wolf called all his men together , and harangued them to the effect that the latest news was that Russia and Roumania were now out of the war , having given in to Germany , that the war would certainly be over in six ...
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... commander , and had no choice but to obey . This news of the Wolf's inten- tions angered us all , and we all felt that there was very little chance of ever seeing land again , unless an Allied oruiser came to our aid . We regarded this ...
... commander , and had no choice but to obey . This news of the Wolf's inten- tions angered us all , and we all felt that there was very little chance of ever seeing land again , unless an Allied oruiser came to our aid . We regarded this ...
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... Commander of the Wolf had inhumanly suggested . A last effort was made to persuade the captain to ask the Wolf's commander to release the Spanish ship here , take all the prize crew off , and send us back to Cape Town , for a sus ...
... Commander of the Wolf had inhumanly suggested . A last effort was made to persuade the captain to ask the Wolf's commander to release the Spanish ship here , take all the prize crew off , and send us back to Cape Town , for a sus ...
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... Commander of the Wolf to three years ' imprisonment in Germany and a fine of 2000 marks . From this time all the Spanish officers were relieved of their duties . It was a most bitter disap- pointment , comparable to that of shipwrecked ...
... Commander of the Wolf to three years ' imprisonment in Germany and a fine of 2000 marks . From this time all the Spanish officers were relieved of their duties . It was a most bitter disap- pointment , comparable to that of shipwrecked ...
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Страница 240 - Here, however, I touch a theme too great for me to handle, but which will assuredly be handled by the loftiest minds, when you and I, like streaks of morning cloud, shall have melted into the infinite azure of the past.
Страница 239 - Faith in machinery is, I said, our besetting danger; often in machinery most absurdly disproportioned to the end which this machinery, if it is to do any good at all, is to serve; but always in machinery, as if it had a value in and for itself.
Страница 51 - Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
Страница 691 - For the whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.
Страница 238 - He complains with a sorrowful indignation of people who " appear to have no proper estimate of the value of the franchise "; he leads his disciples to believe — what the Englishman is always too ready to believe— that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or a large business, or large muscles, has in itself some edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature. Or else he cries out to the democracy —
Страница 341 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.
Страница 691 - For even those who come short in other ways may justly plead the valor with which they have fought for their country ; they have blotted out the evil with the good, and have benefited the state more by their public services than they have injured her by their private actions. None of these men were enervated by wealth or hesitated to resign the pleasures of life ; none of them put off the evil day in the hope, natural to poverty, that a man, though poor, may one day become rich. But, deeming that...
Страница 303 - What I shall leave thee none can tell, But all shall say I wish thee well; I wish thee, Vin, before all wealth, Both bodily and ghostly health: Nor too much wealth, nor wit, come to thee; So much of either may undo thee. I wish thee learning, not for show, Enough for to instruct, and know; Not such as gentlemen require, To prate at table or at fire. I wish thee all thy mother's graces, Thy father's fortunes...
Страница 691 - None of these men were enervated by wealth, or hesitated to resign the pleasures of life ; none of them put off the evil day in the hope, natural to poverty, that a man though poor may one day become rich. But deeming that the punishment of their enemies was sweeter than any of these things, and...
Страница 116 - But the Boy Scouts are nothing to the Government, and Mr Fisher refused to be led away by an evil example. So he gave "a satisfactory assurance that there was no desire on the part of the Government to introduce compulsory military training into continuation schools.