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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... betwixt the gentry of these islands , and those of Scotland in general , is , that the wealth and property is more equally divided among our more northern countrymen , and that there exists among the resident proprietors no men of very ...
... betwixt the gentry of these islands , and those of Scotland in general , is , that the wealth and property is more equally divided among our more northern countrymen , and that there exists among the resident proprietors no men of very ...
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... betwixt the Orkney and Zetland Islands , and running with force only inferior to that of the Pentland Frith , takes its name from the headland we have mentioned , and is called the Roost of Sumburgh ; roost being the phrase assigned in ...
... betwixt the Orkney and Zetland Islands , and running with force only inferior to that of the Pentland Frith , takes its name from the headland we have mentioned , and is called the Roost of Sumburgh ; roost being the phrase assigned in ...
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... betwixt an old governante , who acted as housekeeper to Mr. Mer- toun , and Sweyn Erickson , as good a Zetlander as ever rowed a boat to the haaf fishing ; which dispute , as is i . e . The deep - sea fishing , in distinction to that ...
... betwixt an old governante , who acted as housekeeper to Mr. Mer- toun , and Sweyn Erickson , as good a Zetlander as ever rowed a boat to the haaf fishing ; which dispute , as is i . e . The deep - sea fishing , in distinction to that ...
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... betwixt the two lovely sisters . From his boyhood , as we have noticed , he had been a frequent inmate of the residence of Magnus at Burgh - Westra , although it lay nearly twenty miles dis- tant from Jarlshof . The impassable character ...
... betwixt the two lovely sisters . From his boyhood , as we have noticed , he had been a frequent inmate of the residence of Magnus at Burgh - Westra , although it lay nearly twenty miles dis- tant from Jarlshof . The impassable character ...
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... sions , and could but determine , after long vacillating betwixt the maidens , that the young man was posi- tively to marry one of them , but which of the two could only be determined when his approaching manhood , or THE PIRATE . 33.
... sions , and could but determine , after long vacillating betwixt the maidens , that the young man was posi- tively to marry one of them , but which of the two could only be determined when his approaching manhood , or THE PIRATE . 33.
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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...