Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 169W. Blackwood, 1901 |
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Pagina 1
... railway line . Veldt to the right of us , veldt to the left of us , before and behind us in long lazy waves of ground , limitless , melancholy , almost terrifying in its interminable sameness . One feels like an ant at the bottom of a ...
... railway line . Veldt to the right of us , veldt to the left of us , before and behind us in long lazy waves of ground , limitless , melancholy , almost terrifying in its interminable sameness . One feels like an ant at the bottom of a ...
Pagina 2
... deal of this must be attributed to the vagrant nature of the enemy . Cutting railway lines at night is loafer's work , and the Boer set free from the discipline of the commando is a loafer of loafers , though , 2 [ Jan. Marooned .
... deal of this must be attributed to the vagrant nature of the enemy . Cutting railway lines at night is loafer's work , and the Boer set free from the discipline of the commando is a loafer of loafers , though , 2 [ Jan. Marooned .
Pagina 3
... railway and telegraph . " Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , " they as often as not take up their abode on a kopje within perhaps an hour's ride of garrisoned railway station or fortified bridge , and from there put into play ...
... railway and telegraph . " Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , " they as often as not take up their abode on a kopje within perhaps an hour's ride of garrisoned railway station or fortified bridge , and from there put into play ...
Pagina 4
... railway station ; grandiloquent promises of pro- tection are nailed upon every front door , pats upon the back and comfortable statements are their daily pabulum — all is now safe , because the new Power is dominant and intends to ...
... railway station ; grandiloquent promises of pro- tection are nailed upon every front door , pats upon the back and comfortable statements are their daily pabulum — all is now safe , because the new Power is dominant and intends to ...
Pagina 5
... railway : never a day but some train a was derailed , or a post attacked , or a reconnoitring patrol chased merrily back to camp with a horse or two wounded , or some- times , alas ! with a message for the ambulance . Every day the ...
... railway : never a day but some train a was derailed , or a post attacked , or a reconnoitring patrol chased merrily back to camp with a horse or two wounded , or some- times , alas ! with a message for the ambulance . Every day the ...
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