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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... person who will take the trouble of reading the Pirate with some atten- tion , can fail to trace in Norna , -the victim of remorse and insanity , and the dupe of her own imposture , her mind , too , flooded with all the wild literature ...
... person who will take the trouble of reading the Pirate with some atten- tion , can fail to trace in Norna , -the victim of remorse and insanity , and the dupe of her own imposture , her mind , too , flooded with all the wild literature ...
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... persons of this description , and which , of course , were hard enough . The landlord him- self resided upon an estate which he possessed in a more eligible situation , in a different part of the island , and seldom visited his ...
... persons of this description , and which , of course , were hard enough . The landlord him- self resided upon an estate which he possessed in a more eligible situation , in a different part of the island , and seldom visited his ...
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... person of some consequence and although it was conjectured that he could not be rich , yet it was certainly known by his ex- penditure that neither was he absolutely poor . He had , besides , some powers of conversation , when , as we ...
... person of some consequence and although it was conjectured that he could not be rich , yet it was certainly known by his ex- penditure that neither was he absolutely poor . He had , besides , some powers of conversation , when , as we ...
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... 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 of a superior , in such 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 of a superior , in such a ...
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... person spends the gloomy time within doors in feasting and mer- riment this unhappy man would wrap himself in a dark- coloured sea - cloak , and wander out along the stormy beach , or upon the desolate heath , indulging his own gloomy ...
... person spends the gloomy time within doors in feasting and mer- riment this unhappy man would wrap himself in a dark- coloured sea - cloak , and wander out along the stormy beach , or upon the desolate heath , indulging his own gloomy ...
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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...