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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... rendered him dearer to the lower orders , most of whom are of the same race ; while the lairds , or proprietors , are generally of Scottish extraction , who , at this early period , were even still considered as stran- gers and ...
... rendered him dearer to the lower orders , most of whom are of the same race ; while the lairds , or proprietors , are generally of Scottish extraction , who , at this early period , were even still considered as stran- gers and ...
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... render the residence more eligible to me than any other , it is that there would be neither human luxury nor human society near the place of my retreat ; a shelter from the weather for my own head , and for the boy's , is all I 14 THE ...
... render the residence more eligible to me than any other , it is that there would be neither human luxury nor human society near the place of my retreat ; a shelter from the weather for my own head , and for the boy's , is all I 14 THE ...
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... rendered worse by his presence ; and once relieved from the apprehension of his tyrannizing over them , they laid their heads together to make the most of him by various petty tricks of overcharge and extortion , which for a while the ...
... rendered worse by his presence ; and once relieved from the apprehension of his tyrannizing over them , they laid their heads together to make the most of him by various petty tricks of overcharge and extortion , which for a while the ...
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... covered with loose and quaking bog , and frequently intersected by the creeks or arms of the sea , which indent the island on either side , as well as by fresh - water ť streams and lakes , rendered the journey diffi- cult , 50 THE PIRATE .
... covered with loose and quaking bog , and frequently intersected by the creeks or arms of the sea , which indent the island on either side , as well as by fresh - water ť streams and lakes , rendered the journey diffi- cult , 50 THE PIRATE .
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Sir Walter Scott. streams and lakes , rendered the journey diffi- cult , and even dangerous , in the dark season ; yet , as soon as the state of his father's mind warned him to absent himself , Mordaunt , at every risk , and under every ...
Sir Walter Scott. streams and lakes , rendered the journey diffi- cult , and even dangerous , in the dark season ; yet , as soon as the state of his father's mind warned him to absent himself , Mordaunt , at every risk , and under every ...
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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.