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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... remained unvexed by dis- cord , and unstained by civil broil . The father ( his name was Saint Clair , ) pined for his native glen , his feudal tower , his clansmen , and his fallen authority , and died not long after his arrival in ...
... remained unvexed by dis- cord , and unstained by civil broil . The father ( his name was Saint Clair , ) pined for his native glen , his feudal tower , his clansmen , and his fallen authority , and died not long after his arrival in ...
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... remained , as cherished the original veneration for those affecting supernatural knowledge , and power over the elements , which made a constituent part of the ancient Scandinavian creed . At least if the natives of Thule admitted that ...
... remained , as cherished the original veneration for those affecting supernatural knowledge , and power over the elements , which made a constituent part of the ancient Scandinavian creed . At least if the natives of Thule admitted that ...
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... remain in this hovel to be crushed amid its worth- less ruins , with the relics of its more worthless inhab- itants , whose life is as little to the world as the vegetation of the house - leek , which now grows on their thatch , and ...
... remain in this hovel to be crushed amid its worth- less ruins , with the relics of its more worthless inhab- itants , whose life is as little to the world as the vegetation of the house - leek , which now grows on their thatch , and ...
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... remain there longer . He therefore accepted the loan of the factor's clothes , promising to return them , and send for his own ; and took a civil leave of his host and Mistress Baby , the latter of whom , however affected by the loss of ...
... remain there longer . He therefore accepted the loan of the factor's clothes , promising to return them , and send for his own ; and took a civil leave of his host and Mistress Baby , the latter of whom , however affected by the loss of ...
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... remain in these wild islands , I suppose you sometimes wish to look a little more abroad into the world ? ” " By my word , sir , " replied Mordaunt , " I cannot say I ever have a thought on such a subject . " " And why not , young man ...
... remain in these wild islands , I suppose you sometimes wish to look a little more abroad into the world ? ” " By my word , sir , " replied Mordaunt , " I cannot say I ever have a thought on such a subject . " " And why not , young man ...
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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...