Waverley Novels ...: The pirateBlack, 1853 |
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... mind , too , flooded with all the wild literature and extravagant superstitions of the north , something distinct from the Dum- fries - shire gipsy , whose pretensions to supernatural powers are not beyond those of a Norwood prophetess ...
... mind , too , flooded with all the wild literature and extravagant superstitions of the north , something distinct from the Dum- fries - shire gipsy , whose pretensions to supernatural powers are not beyond those of a Norwood prophetess ...
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... mind . Upon such occasions , the Zetlanders were universally of opinion that he must have had an excellent education , neglected only in one striking particular , namely , that Mr Mertoun scarce knew the stem of a ship from the stern ...
... mind . Upon such occasions , the Zetlanders were universally of opinion that he must have had an excellent education , neglected only in one striking particular , namely , that Mr Mertoun scarce knew the stem of a ship from the stern ...
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... mind , the improvement of Mordaunt's education seemed to be the utmost object of his life . He had both books and information sufficient to discharge the task of tutor in the ordinary branches of knowledge ; and in this capa- city was ...
... mind , the improvement of Mordaunt's education seemed to be the utmost object of his life . He had both books and information sufficient to discharge the task of tutor in the ordinary branches of knowledge ; and in this capa- city was ...
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... mind , and activity , which , in one so young , and not a native of the country , asto- nished the oldest fowlers . * At other times , Mordaunt accompanied Sweyn and other fishermen in their long and perilous expeditions to the distant ...
... mind , and activity , which , in one so young , and not a native of the country , asto- nished the oldest fowlers . * At other times , Mordaunt accompanied Sweyn and other fishermen in their long and perilous expeditions to the distant ...
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... stranger , Mordaunt Mertoun . When his father's state of mind permitted , or indeed required , his absence , he wan- * See Note D. Monsters of the Northern Sea . dered from house to house a welcome guest wherever he 22 THE PIRATE .
... stranger , Mordaunt Mertoun . When his father's state of mind permitted , or indeed required , his absence , he wan- * See Note D. Monsters of the Northern Sea . dered from house to house a welcome guest wherever he 22 THE PIRATE .
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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.