The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 181George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1974 |
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Page 67
... seen , waiting to be shot . The vet . Legs broken . Humane gun . Of course , doctor , hospital , ambulance , that was what . What she had said , horror : ' I hope you break a leg . ' Soundless , he scrambled back up the hill and ran and ...
... seen , waiting to be shot . The vet . Legs broken . Humane gun . Of course , doctor , hospital , ambulance , that was what . What she had said , horror : ' I hope you break a leg . ' Soundless , he scrambled back up the hill and ran and ...
Page 156
... seen at Tsarkoye Selo , so lovely that she regretted having to paint her in ordinary dress . She would have liked to paint an historical picture of her with Alexander , she tells us , for they both had such regular and noble features ...
... seen at Tsarkoye Selo , so lovely that she regretted having to paint her in ordinary dress . She would have liked to paint an historical picture of her with Alexander , she tells us , for they both had such regular and noble features ...
Page 210
... seen - flits in on the calm and turns a somersault over the lake . Rings of water come lapping in as a musk - rat paddles past . A bleary- eyed creature with a reptilian tail , he too has put on his spring finery- a deep tinge of russet ...
... seen - flits in on the calm and turns a somersault over the lake . Rings of water come lapping in as a musk - rat paddles past . A bleary- eyed creature with a reptilian tail , he too has put on his spring finery- a deep tinge of russet ...
Contents
POEMS translated by Graeme Wilson | 28 |
PRISONER by Elizabeth Jennings | 53 |
JOHN MURRAY 50 ALBEMARLE STREET LONDON W1X | 75 |
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