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Page vi
... serve or be still as fitteth our Father's praise . ' Tis theirs to sweep through the ringing deep where Azrael's outposts are , Or buffet a path through the Pit's red wrath when God goes out to war , Or hang with the reckless Seraphim ...
... serve or be still as fitteth our Father's praise . ' Tis theirs to sweep through the ringing deep where Azrael's outposts are , Or buffet a path through the Pit's red wrath when God goes out to war , Or hang with the reckless Seraphim ...
Page vii
... lone star through open darkness hurled , Further than rebel comet dared or hiving star - swarm swirled , Sits he with such as praise our God for that they served his world . vii PREFACE " The greater part of the Barrack - Room.
... lone star through open darkness hurled , Further than rebel comet dared or hiving star - swarm swirled , Sits he with such as praise our God for that they served his world . vii PREFACE " The greater part of the Barrack - Room.
Page 7
... serve their fires when all the cattle are slain . ' But if thou thinkest the price be fair , thy brethren wait to sup , " The hound is kin to the jackal - spawn , -howl , dog , and call them up ! ' And if thou thinkest the price be high ...
... serve their fires when all the cattle are slain . ' But if thou thinkest the price be fair , thy brethren wait to sup , " The hound is kin to the jackal - spawn , -howl , dog , and call them up ! ' And if thou thinkest the price be high ...
Page 47
... served the State , To the growth of his purse and the girth of his pĂȘt- There were twenty stone , as the tally - man knows , On the broad of the chest of this best of Bohs . And twenty stone from a height discharged Are bad for a Boh ...
... served the State , To the growth of his purse and the girth of his pĂȘt- There were twenty stone , as the tally - man knows , On the broad of the chest of this best of Bohs . And twenty stone from a height discharged Are bad for a Boh ...
Page 59
... served them to him raw ; ' I had flung him blind in a rudderless boat to rot in the rocking dark ' I had towed him aft of his own craft , a bait for his brother shark ; ' I had lapped him round with cocoa husk , and drenched him with ...
... served them to him raw ; ' I had flung him blind in a rudderless boat to rot in the rocking dark ' I had towed him aft of his own craft , a bait for his brother shark ; ' I had lapped him round with cocoa husk , and drenched him with ...
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