The PirateCaxton, 1897 - 404 páginas The Pirate is set in a remote part of Shetland, where Basil Mertoun lives as a tenant of Magnus Troil. In his youth, Mertoun has been betrayed by a faithless wife, and in a spirit of vengeance, turned to piracy. Filled with remorse for his crimes, he lives as a recluse, along with his wife's son Mordaunt, whose paternity is doubtful. |
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... least ) should subsist along with his accomplishments in other respects ; but so it was . Unless called forth in the manner we have mentioned , the habits of Basil Mertoun were retired and gloomy . From loud mirth he instantly fled ...
... least ) should subsist along with his accomplishments in other respects ; but so it was . Unless called forth in the manner we have mentioned , the habits of Basil Mertoun were retired and gloomy . From loud mirth he instantly fled ...
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... least of the current of human pas- sions , " replied Mertoun . " " " You will hear nothing but the clanging and screaming of scarts , sheer - waters , and sea - gulls , from daybreak till sunset . " I will compound , my friend ...
... least of the current of human pas- sions , " replied Mertoun . " " " You will hear nothing but the clanging and screaming of scarts , sheer - waters , and sea - gulls , from daybreak till sunset . " I will compound , my friend ...
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... least fully adequate to his expenses , which , so far as regarded his habits of life , were of the most frugal description . The luxuries of a few books , and some philosophical instruments , with which he was supplied from London as ...
... least fully adequate to his expenses , which , so far as regarded his habits of life , were of the most frugal description . The luxuries of a few books , and some philosophical instruments , with which he was supplied from London as ...
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... least seemed of that opinion , for he gave himself no farther trouble upon the subject of his household expenses . The conscript fathers of Jarlshof , having settled their own matters , took next under their consideration the case of ...
... least seemed of that opinion , for he gave himself no farther trouble upon the subject of his household expenses . The conscript fathers of Jarlshof , having settled their own matters , took next under their consideration the case of ...
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... least , if not excelled , in Mordaunt's opinion , by the strange legends of Berserkars , of Sea - kings , of dwarfs , giants , and sorcerers , which he heard from the native Zetlanders . Often the scenes around him were assigned as the ...
... least , if not excelled , in Mordaunt's opinion , by the strange legends of Berserkars , of Sea - kings , of dwarfs , giants , and sorcerers , which he heard from the native Zetlanders . Often the scenes around him were assigned as the ...
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