Waverley Novels: From the Last Rev. Ed., Containing the Author's Final Corrections, Notes, &c, Volumen 12S.H. Parker and B.B. Mussey, 1852 |
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Página 153
... Claud Halcro comes ! " " Jeer me not , Mordaunt , my good lad , " replied the old man ; " When your foot is as slow as mine , your wit frozen , and your song out of tune- 99 " How can you belie yourself , my good master ? " an- swered ...
... Claud Halcro comes ! " " Jeer me not , Mordaunt , my good lad , " replied the old man ; " When your foot is as slow as mine , your wit frozen , and your song out of tune- 99 " How can you belie yourself , my good master ? " an- swered ...
Página 154
... Claud Halcro to name himself in the same twelve- month with the immortal John Dryden . True it is , as I may have told you before , that I have seen that great man , nay , I have been in the Wits ' Coffee - house , as it was then called ...
... Claud Halcro to name himself in the same twelve- month with the immortal John Dryden . True it is , as I may have told you before , that I have seen that great man , nay , I have been in the Wits ' Coffee - house , as it was then called ...
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... Death to the head that never wears hair ! " was a sentiment quaffed to the success of the fishing , as proposed by the sonorous voice of the Udaller Claud Halcro proposed with general applause , " The health of 172 THE PIRATE .
... Death to the head that never wears hair ! " was a sentiment quaffed to the success of the fishing , as proposed by the sonorous voice of the Udaller Claud Halcro proposed with general applause , " The health of 172 THE PIRATE .
Página 187
... Claud Halcro . " " It is a heresy , " said the animated little poet , bridling and drawing himself up , as if the whole defence of the Orcadian Archipelago rested on his single arm- " It is △ heresy so much as to name one's native ...
... Claud Halcro . " " It is a heresy , " said the animated little poet , bridling and drawing himself up , as if the whole defence of the Orcadian Archipelago rested on his single arm- " It is △ heresy so much as to name one's native ...
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... Claud Halcro , in no serious , or at least most certainly in no sober mood , his brain , ( never the most stable ) whizzing under the influence of fifty well - remem- bered sagas , besides five bumpers of usquebaugh and brandy ; and ...
... Claud Halcro , in no serious , or at least most certainly in no sober mood , his brain , ( never the most stable ) whizzing under the influence of fifty well - remem- bered sagas , besides five bumpers of usquebaugh and brandy ; and ...
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amongst ancient answered arms ashore Baby betwixt boat boatswain Brenda Bryce Snailsfoot Bunce Burgh-Westra called Captain Cleveland Claud Halcro Cleve 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 look Magnus Troil maiden manner matter mind Minna Troil Mistress Mordaunt Mertoun never Norna Norse occasion Odin old Norse once Orcadian Orkney pedlar pirate poor provost ranzelman replied Mordaunt rock sail Saint Magnus Saint Ninian scarce Scotland seemed shore sister sloop song speak spirit spoke stood stranger Swertha tell thee thing thou thought tion tone Triptolemus Yellowley turn Udaller vessel voice waves weel wild wind woman word young youth Zetland
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Página 187 - Goes on to sea, and knows not to retire. With roomy decks, her guns of mighty strength, Whose low-laid mouths each mounting billow laves : Deep in her draught, and warlike in her length, She seems a sea-wasp flying on the waves.
Página 119 - 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.
Página 235 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Página 194 - 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 31 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meets in her aspect and her eyes, Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Página 60 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history...
Página 162 - Portugal I sung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames didst cut thy way, With...