Waverley Novels ...: The pirateBlack, 1853 |
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... present the terminating extremity . Man , however , had in former days considered this as a remote or unlikely event ; for a Norwegian chief of other times , or , as other accounts said , and as the name of Jarlshof seemed to im- ply ...
... present the terminating extremity . Man , however , had in former days considered this as a remote or unlikely event ; for a Norwegian chief of other times , or , as other accounts said , and as the name of Jarlshof seemed to im- ply ...
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... present inhabitants of Jarlshof had experienced , on several occasions , the kindness and good will of the proprietor of the terri- tory . When Mr Mertoun - such was the name of the present inhabitant of the old mansion - first arrived ...
... present inhabitants of Jarlshof had experienced , on several occasions , the kindness and good will of the proprietor of the terri- tory . When Mr Mertoun - such was the name of the present inhabitant of the old mansion - first arrived ...
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... present times are greatly altered for the better ) the presence of a superior , in such a situation , was almost certain to be attended with additional burdens and exactions , for which , under one pretext or another , feudal customs ...
... present times are greatly altered for the better ) the presence of a superior , in such a situation , was almost certain to be attended with additional burdens and exactions , for which , under one pretext or another , feudal customs ...
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... present himself to his eyes while the dark hour was upon him . Out of respect , therefore , to his parent , as well as to indulge the love of active exercise and of amusement natural to his period of life , Mordaunt used often to absent ...
... present himself to his eyes while the dark hour was upon him . Out of respect , therefore , to his parent , as well as to indulge the love of active exercise and of amusement natural to his period of life , Mordaunt used often to absent ...
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... present member of the domestic circle , her thoughts were far absent , wandering on the wild sea - shore , and among the yet wilder mountains of her native isles . And yet , when recalled to conversation , and mingling in it with ...
... present member of the domestic circle , her thoughts were far absent , wandering on the wild sea - shore , and among the yet wilder mountains of her native isles . And yet , when recalled to conversation , and mingling in it with ...
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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.