The Mountain Way: An Anthology in Prose and VerseDent, 1938 - 655 էջ |
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... SHORT CUTS The Spaniards have a proverb : ' No hay atajo sin trabajo , ' there is no short cut without a deal of labour . This proverb is very true , as I know by my own 1 Spirits . 2 Eel . experience , for I never took a short cut in ...
... SHORT CUTS The Spaniards have a proverb : ' No hay atajo sin trabajo , ' there is no short cut without a deal of labour . This proverb is very true , as I know by my own 1 Spirits . 2 Eel . experience , for I never took a short cut in ...
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... short consultation the plan of attack was agreed upon , and immediately carried into execution . Lauener and Sampson were sent forward to conduct our approaches , which consisted of a series of short zig- zags , ascending directly from ...
... short consultation the plan of attack was agreed upon , and immediately carried into execution . Lauener and Sampson were sent forward to conduct our approaches , which consisted of a series of short zig- zags , ascending directly from ...
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... short wall . It was evidently very difficult , and I couldn't tell whether it would go . I sent back a depressing ... short obstacle - only some fifteen to twenty feet high , but , I confess , an alarming one . I was conscious during a ...
... short wall . It was evidently very difficult , and I couldn't tell whether it would go . I sent back a depressing ... short obstacle - only some fifteen to twenty feet high , but , I confess , an alarming one . I was conscious during a ...
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