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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... voices , than the skylark which I once heard in Caithness , or the nightingale that I have read of . What will the girls do for want of their playmate Mordaunt ? ' " 2 " They will shift for themselves , " answered Mertoun ; " younger or ...
... voices , than the skylark which I once heard in Caithness , or the nightingale that I have read of . What will the girls do for want of their playmate Mordaunt ? ' " 2 " They will shift for themselves , " answered Mertoun ; " younger or ...
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... voice most potential in the deliberations of the township , after hearing what had happened , pronounced that Sweyn Erickson had gone too far in raising the market upon Mr. Mertoun ; and that whatever pretext the tacksman might assume ...
... voice most potential in the deliberations of the township , after hearing what had happened , pronounced that Sweyn Erickson had gone too far in raising the market upon Mr. Mertoun ; and that whatever pretext the tacksman might assume ...
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... voices as hoarse , if not so loud , as the waves over which they floated , pointed out the very bay on which they ... voice with the sighing breeze , was often heard to sing of subterranean wonders , or to chant prophecies of future ...
... voices as hoarse , if not so loud , as the waves over which they floated , pointed out the very bay on which they ... voice with the sighing breeze , was often heard to sing of subterranean wonders , or to chant prophecies of future ...
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... voice to the song , and his foot to the revel . A boat , or , if the weather , as was often the case , permitted not that convenience , one of the numerous ponies , which , straying in hordes about the extensive moors , may be said to ...
... voice to the song , and his foot to the revel . A boat , or , if the weather , as was often the case , permitted not that convenience , one of the numerous ponies , which , straying in hordes about the extensive moors , may be said to ...
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... voice , and the serene purity of her eye , that seemed as if Minna Troil belonged naturally to some higher and better sphere , and was only the chance visitant of a world that was not worthy of her . The scarcely less beautiful ...
... voice , and the serene purity of her eye , that seemed as if Minna Troil belonged naturally to some higher and better sphere , and was only the chance visitant of a world that was not worthy of her . The scarcely less beautiful ...
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