Waverley Novels, Volumen 13A. & C. Black, 1853 |
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... heard in Caithness , or the nightingale that I have read of . - What will the girls do for want of their playmate Mordaunt ? ” They will shift for themselves , " answered Mertoun ; " younger or elder they will find playmates or dupes ...
... heard in Caithness , or the nightingale that I have read of . - What will the girls do for want of their playmate Mordaunt ? ” They will shift for themselves , " answered Mertoun ; " younger or elder they will find playmates or dupes ...
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... heard with alarm , that a person of rank superior to their own . was come to reside in the ruinous tenement , which they still called the Castle . In those days ( for the present times are greatly altered for the better ) the presence ...
... heard with alarm , that a person of rank superior to their own . was come to reside in the ruinous tenement , which they still called the Castle . In those days ( for the present times are greatly altered for the better ) the presence ...
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... heard from the native Zetlanders . Often the scenes around him were assigned as the localities of wild poems , which , half - recited , half - chanted by voices as hoarse , if not so loud , as the waves over which they floated , pointed ...
... heard from the native Zetlanders . Often the scenes around him were assigned as the localities of wild poems , which , half - recited , half - chanted by voices as hoarse , if not so loud , as the waves over which they floated , pointed ...
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... heard to sing of subterranean wonders , or to chant prophecies of future events . The kraken , the hugest of living things , was still supposed to cumber the recesses of the Northern Ocean ; and often , when some fog- Even yet , though ...
... heard to sing of subterranean wonders , or to chant prophecies of future events . The kraken , the hugest of living things , was still supposed to cumber the recesses of the Northern Ocean ; and often , when some fog- Even yet , though ...
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... heard a mariner of some reputation in his class vouch for having seen the celebrated sea - serpent . It appeared , so far as could be guessed , to be about a hundred feet long , with the wild mane and fiery eyes which old writers ...
... heard a mariner of some reputation in his class vouch for having seen the celebrated sea - serpent . It appeared , so far as could be guessed , to be about a hundred feet long , with the wild mane and fiery eyes which old writers ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Altamont amongst ancient answered arms ashore Baby better betwixt boat Boatswain Brenda Bryce Snailsfoot Burgh-Westra called Captain Cleveland Claud Halcro command crew dance dark daughters Dick Fletcher eyes fair father favour fear Fitful-head gentlemen of fortune glorious John Goffe guests hand hear heard heart Heaven honest honour islands isles jagger Jarlshof John Dryden Kirkwall land Lerwick look Magnus Troil maiden mair manner Master mind Minna Troil Mistress Mordaunt Mertoun never Norna Norse occasion old Norse once Orcadian Orkney pedlar pirate poor Provost Ranzelman replied Mordaunt rock sail Saint Magnus Saint Ninian scarce Scotland seemed shewed ship shore sister sloop song speak spirit spoke stone stood stranger Swertha tell thee thing thou thought tone turned Udaller vessel voice waves weel wild wind woman words young Zetland
Pasajes populares
Página 107 - He was a lovely youth ! I guess The panther in the wilderness Was not so fair as he ; And, when he chose to sport and play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea.
Página 197 - I fear, too early : for my mind misgives, Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels...
Página 498 - I'll not leave thee, Till to thyself, at least, thou'rt reconciled, However thy resentments deal with me. Pier. Not leave me ! Jaff. No ; thou shalt not force me from thee. Use me reproachfully, and like a slave ; Tread on me, buffet me, heap wrongs on wrongs On my poor head ; I'll bear it all with patience, Shall weary out thy most unfriendly cruelty...
Página 35 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Página 375 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.