The Pirate, Volumen 1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London., 1822 - 346 páginas At the end of the 1600's, the customs and beliefs of the Norse are ebbing away from the Shetland and Orkney islands. Only the elder daughter of the Troil family wants to preserve the old ways, and vowing to marry only a "sea-king," favors a shipwrecked captain. Her father's cousin wishes her to marry Mordaunt, secretly believing him to be her long-lost son; Mordaunt though loves the younger daughter. Both men are driven from the Troils; Mordaunt is grievously injured and the captain is arrested for piracy. |
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... Head , which presents its bare scalp and naked sides to the weight of a tremendous surge , and forms the extreme point of the isle to the south - east . This lofty pro- montory is constantly exposed to the current of a strong THE PIRATE ...
... Head , which presents its bare scalp and naked sides to the weight of a tremendous surge , and forms the extreme point of the isle to the south - east . This lofty pro- montory is constantly exposed to the current of a strong THE PIRATE ...
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... head- land we have mentioned , and is called the Roost of Sumburgh ; roost being the phrase assigned in these isles to currents of this description . On the land side , the promontory is covered with short grass , and slopes steeply ...
... head- land we have mentioned , and is called the Roost of Sumburgh ; roost being the phrase assigned in these isles to currents of this description . On the land side , the promontory is covered with short grass , and slopes steeply ...
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... Head . He was an honest , plain Zetland gentleman , some- what passionate , the necessary result of being surrounded by dependents ; and somewhat over- convivial in his habits , the consequence , per- haps , of having too much time at ...
... Head . He was an honest , plain Zetland gentleman , some- what passionate , the necessary result of being surrounded by dependents ; and somewhat over- convivial in his habits , the consequence , per- haps , of having too much time at ...
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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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Sir Walter Scott. head , and for the boy's , is all I seek for ; so name your rent , Mr Troil , and let me be your tenant at Jarlshof . " " Rent ? " answered the Zetlander ; " why , no great rent for an old house which no one has lived ...
Sir Walter Scott. head , and for the boy's , is all I seek for ; so name your rent , Mr Troil , and let me be your tenant at Jarlshof . " " Rent ? " answered the Zetlander ; " why , no great rent for an old house which no one has lived ...
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amongst ancient answered auld better betwixt bonny Brenda Bryce Burgh-Westra called Captain Cleveland cliff Clinkscale dark daunt door Drows elder Mertoun exclaimed father favour Fitful-head folks frae fury goose guests Halcro hand handsome Harfra hear heard hospitality inhabitants islands isles jagger Jarlshof journey land Lerwick look Lord Chamberlain Magnus Troil mair mansion Master Mordaunt maun mind Minna Mistress Baby Mordaunt Mertoun never Norna Norse occasion ocean once Orkney pedlar precipice racter Ranzelman Reim-kennar replied Mordaunt rienced rock Saint Andrews scarce Scotland seemed share sheltie shew sister song stood storm Stourburgh strange stranger Sumburgh-head Swertha tacksman tell tempest thing thou thought Thule tion tone Triptole Triptolemus Yellowley Tronda troth Udaller Unst usual vessel voice waves weather weel wild woman young youth Zetland
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Página 50 - 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 49 - 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 297 - Tom, as they used to call him — somewhat roughly treated by the glorious John, you remember — Mordaunt, you remember — Methinks I see the new Arion sail, The lute still trembling underneath thy nail ; At thy well-sharpen'd thumb, from shore to shore, The trebles squeak for fear, the basses roar.