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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... 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 elder they will find play- mates or dupes ...
... 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 elder they will find play- mates or dupes ...
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... heard with alarm that a person of rank superior to their own , was come to reside in the ruinous tenement which they still called the castle . In those days , ( for the present times are greatly altered for the better , ) the presence ...
... heard with alarm that a person of rank superior to their own , was come to reside in the ruinous tenement which they still called the castle . In those days , ( for the present times are greatly altered for the better , ) the presence ...
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... heard from the native Zetlanders . Often the scenes around him were assigned as the localities of the wild poems , which , half recited , half chaunted , by voices as hoarse , if not so loud , as the waves over which they floated ...
... heard from the native Zetlanders . Often the scenes around him were assigned as the localities of the wild poems , which , half recited , half chaunted , by voices as hoarse , if not so loud , as the waves over which they floated ...
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... heard to sing of subterranean wonders , or to chaunt prophecies of future events . The kraken , that hugest of living things , was still supposed to cumber the recesses of the Northern Ocean ; and often , when some fog - bank covered ...
... heard to sing of subterranean wonders , or to chaunt prophecies of future events . The kraken , that hugest of living things , was still supposed to cumber the recesses of the Northern Ocean ; and often , when some fog - bank covered ...
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... heard a tale of woe or of injustice , it was then her blood rushed to her cheeks , and showed plainly how warm it beat , notwithstanding the generally serious , composed , and retiring disposition , which her countenance and demeanour ...
... heard a tale of woe or of injustice , it was then her blood rushed to her cheeks , and showed plainly how warm it beat , notwithstanding the generally serious , composed , and retiring disposition , which her countenance and demeanour ...
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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.