... that of a gold-nibbed fountain pen and blotter. Maybe now and again in biro on a scrap of A4 . It is not the physical act of writing that excites me but that cerebral soaring into a world of ... Tania but I don’t need any. All my friends are in my books. Tania knows a lot of them. I’m not exactly made of serial killer clay but it’s a really good hook for a book. I...
... became conscious of the fact that I had become a mere plaything. I hardly touched any food at all. The moral pains gnawing at my heart had a bad effect upon my health. At last, the children became ... forehead will act as a reminder." The thing was no sooner said than done. The longicorn's razor-sharp mandibles bit away my antennae. Though the pain was unbearable, I didn&apo...
... Tuesday was
one day in a hospital, and then travelling till to-day, Saturday. No wonder their wounds are full of straw and
grass. (Haven't heard of any more tetanus.) Most haven't had ... have pneumonias, and paralysis,
and septic wounds, and an officer shot through the head, with a temperature of 106 and paralysis; there is a
civil surgeon with a leg for amputation at...
... British boat had been able to make an attack in such
weather. We are now charging on one engine, 500 amperes on each half-battery.
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We are due back at Zeebrugge ... three weeks at home, all the family are pleased except mother; she has a woman's dread of danger; it is
a pleasing characteristic in peace time, but a cloy on pleasure...
... three weeks at home, all the family are pleased except mother;
she has a woman's dread of danger; it is a pleasing characteristic in peace
time, but a cloy on pleasure in days of war. To her, ... the narrowness
of a female's intellect, I really believe I am of more importance than the
Fatherland—how absurd. Whilst at Frankfurt I saw a good deal of Rosa;
she seems...
... parts with weed and water-plants that it bore quite
the appearance of a floating garden; and as the innumerable boats paddled about, with their bright and sunny
cargoes, talking and laughing and ... an almost unlimited
extent of price. After inspecting a quantity of Pushmeena and other local manufactures, Mr. Saifula Baba
handed us tea and sweetmeats, after the fashion of his coun...
... retreat.
Thursday, August 7 Arrived at Harrison Landing at three and a half o'clock A. M., and went back to our old
camp.
Friday, August 8 Harrison Landing. The rebels occupy Malvern Hill again. ... Peninsular
campaign, under General McClellan. The campaign in Maryland under the same; and Burnside's campaign
on the Rappahannock, ending with the battle of Fredericksburg.
Wednesd...