Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen224W. Blackwood, 1928 |
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... eyes . A steep ice slope of con- siderable length leads up to the eastern ridge of the Tour Ronde , but our sharp crampons , helped by the well - cut steps of a former party , saved us much labour with the ice - axe . As we topped the ...
... eyes . A steep ice slope of con- siderable length leads up to the eastern ridge of the Tour Ronde , but our sharp crampons , helped by the well - cut steps of a former party , saved us much labour with the ice - axe . As we topped the ...
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... eyes of the more lawless of our Abyssinian neigh- bours , and it was with the object of preventing this traffic that my post was planted on the Bonga . I arrived with my company about six weeks before the rains broke , and for the next ...
... eyes of the more lawless of our Abyssinian neigh- bours , and it was with the object of preventing this traffic that my post was planted on the Bonga . I arrived with my company about six weeks before the rains broke , and for the next ...
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... eyes behind as the coolness of the morning hours gave place to the blinding glare of the forenoon . My suspicions of the night re- turned as the morning wore on . Men began to straggle and to beg for water . Placing the guide in charge ...
... eyes behind as the coolness of the morning hours gave place to the blinding glare of the forenoon . My suspicions of the night re- turned as the morning wore on . Men began to straggle and to beg for water . Placing the guide in charge ...
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... eyes and the grinning teeth turned towards me . For a moment I stood there rigid , and then dropped on one knee beside the head , for a yellow flash among the teeth had caught my eye . Everything else was forgotten as I knelt there over ...
... eyes and the grinning teeth turned towards me . For a moment I stood there rigid , and then dropped on one knee beside the head , for a yellow flash among the teeth had caught my eye . Everything else was forgotten as I knelt there over ...
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... eyes were troubled . None of us spoke . " Perhaps I did send him to his death , " he resumed . " God forgive me if I misjudged him , for he was honest with me . But I need not trouble you with my personal affairs ; what I need is advice ...
... eyes were troubled . None of us spoke . " Perhaps I did send him to his death , " he resumed . " God forgive me if I misjudged him , for he was honest with me . But I need not trouble you with my personal affairs ; what I need is advice ...
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