Waverley Novels ...: The pirateBlack, 1853 |
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... voices , than the skylark which I once heard in Caithness , or the nightingale that I have read of . What will the girls do for want of their playmate Mordaunt ? ” 66 They will shift for themselves , " answered Mertoun ; " younger or ...
... voices , than the skylark which I once heard in Caithness , or the nightingale that I have read of . What will the girls do for want of their playmate Mordaunt ? ” 66 They will shift for themselves , " answered Mertoun ; " younger or ...
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... voice most potential in the delibera- tions of the township , after hearing what had happened , pro- nounced that Sweyn Erickson had gone too far in raising the market upon Mr Mertoun ; and that whatever pretext the tacks- man might ...
... voice most potential in the delibera- tions of the township , after hearing what had happened , pro- nounced that Sweyn Erickson had gone too far in raising the market upon Mr Mertoun ; and that whatever pretext the tacks- man might ...
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... voices as hoarse , if not so loud , as the waves over which they floated , pointed out the very bay on which they ... voice with the sighing breeze , was often heard to sing of subterranean wonders , or to chant pro- phecies of future ...
... voices as hoarse , if not so loud , as the waves over which they floated , pointed out the very bay on which they ... voice with the sighing breeze , was often heard to sing of subterranean wonders , or to chant pro- phecies of future ...
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... voice to the song , and his foot to the revel . A boat , or , if the weather , as was often the case , permitted not that convenience , one of the numerous ponies , which , straying in hordes about the extensive moors , may be said to ...
... voice to the song , and his foot to the revel . A boat , or , if the weather , as was often the case , permitted not that convenience , one of the numerous ponies , which , straying in hordes about the extensive moors , may be said to ...
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... voice , and the serene purity of her eye , that seemed as if Minna Troil belonged naturally to some higher and better sphere , and was only the chance visitant of a world that was not worthy of her . The scarcely less beautiful ...
... voice , and the serene purity of her eye , that seemed as if Minna Troil belonged naturally to some higher and better sphere , and was only the chance visitant of a world that was not worthy of her . The scarcely less beautiful ...
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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.