Waverley Novels ...: The pirateBlack, 1853 |
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... Head , which pre- sents its bare scalp and naked sides to the weight of a tremendous surge , forming the extreme point of the isle to the south - east . This lofty promontory is constantly exposed to the current of a strong and furious ...
... Head , which pre- sents its bare scalp and naked sides to the weight of a tremendous surge , forming the extreme point of the isle to the south - east . This lofty promontory is constantly exposed to the current of a strong and furious ...
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... Head . " I shall be handsomely rid of him , " quoth Magnus to himself , " and his kill - joy visage will never again stop the bottle in its round . His departure will ruin me in lemons , however , for his mere look was quite sufficient ...
... Head . " I shall be handsomely rid of him , " quoth Magnus to himself , " and his kill - joy visage will never again stop the bottle in its round . His departure will ruin me in lemons , however , for his mere look was quite sufficient ...
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... head , while with the other he pelted him out of the apartment with his own fish , which he finally flung out of doors after him . There was so much of appalling and tyrannic fury in the stranger's manner on this occasion , that Sweyn ...
... head , while with the other he pelted him out of the apartment with his own fish , which he finally flung out of doors after him . There was so much of appalling and tyrannic fury in the stranger's manner on this occasion , that Sweyn ...
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... head and hang with- out either judgment or mercy . Hither also came the discarded housekeeper , to consult with her neighbours and kindred ( for she too was a native of the village ) what she should do to regain the desirable situation ...
... head and hang with- out either judgment or mercy . Hither also came the discarded housekeeper , to consult with her neighbours and kindred ( for she too was a native of the village ) what she should do to regain the desirable situation ...
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... head high , looks out , as it seems , for plunder or for victims . Many prodigious stories of these marine monsters , and of many others less known , were then universally received among the Zetlanders , whose descendants have not as ...
... head high , looks out , as it seems , for plunder or for victims . Many prodigious stories of these marine monsters , and of many others less known , were then universally received among the Zetlanders , whose descendants have not as ...
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Términos y frases comunes
amongst ancient answered arms ashore Baby better betwixt boat Boatswain Brenda Bryce Snailsfoot Burgh-Westra called Captain Cleveland Claud Halcro command crew dance daughters Dick Fletcher eyes fair father favour fear Fitful-head gentleman gentlemen of fortune glorious John Goffe guests hand hear heard heart Heaven honest honour islands isles jagger Jarlshof John Dryden Kirkwall land Lerwick look Magnus Troil maiden mair manner Master mind Minna Troil Mistress Mordaunt Mertoun never Norna Norse occasion old Norse once Orcadian Orkney pedlar pirate poor Provost Ranzelman replied Mordaunt rock sail Saint Magnus Saint Ninian scarce Scotland seemed shewed shore sister sloop song speak spoke stone stood stranger Swertha tell thee thing thou thought tion tone Triptolemus Yellowley turned Udaller vessel voice waves weel wild wind woman word young youth Zetland
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Página 27 - SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Página 230 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Página 170 - 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 190 - E'en the last lingering fiction of the brain, The church-yard ghost, is now at rest again; And all these wayward wanderings of my youth Fly Reason's power and shun the light of truth.
Página 182 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices...
Página 379 - Now the storm begins to lour. Haste the loom of hell prepare, Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darken'd air.
Página 161 - And helter-skelter have I rode to thee, And tidings do I bring, and lucky joys, And golden times, and happy news of price.