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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... was di- verted for the use of their powerful neighbour and superior , the tacksman as he was called . But the sub - tenants speedily found that no op- pression of this kind was to be apprehended at the THE PIRATE . 21 CHAPTER II, ...
... was di- verted for the use of their powerful neighbour and superior , the tacksman as he was called . But the sub - tenants speedily found that no op- pression of this kind was to be apprehended at the THE PIRATE . 21 CHAPTER II, ...
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... tacksman might assume for thus giving way to his anger , the Meaning , probably , Patrick Stuart , Earl of Orkney , executed for tyranny and oppression practised on the in- habitants of these remote islands in the beginning of the ...
... tacksman might assume for thus giving way to his anger , the Meaning , probably , Patrick Stuart , Earl of Orkney , executed for tyranny and oppression practised on the in- habitants of these remote islands in the beginning of the ...
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... for the night at Stourburgh . ” " What ! " said Magnus ; " will you leave us for the new chamberlain's new Scots tacksman , who is to teach all us Zetland savages new ways ? Take your own gait , my lad , if that 58 THE PIRATE .
... for the night at Stourburgh . ” " What ! " said Magnus ; " will you leave us for the new chamberlain's new Scots tacksman , who is to teach all us Zetland savages new ways ? Take your own gait , my lad , if that 58 THE PIRATE .
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... tacksman - You will maybe tell him your name , though you will not tell it to us . If it had not been for his four quarters , it's but little you would have said to any body , sae lang as life lasted . " The stranger arose , and shook ...
... tacksman - You will maybe tell him your name , though you will not tell it to us . If it had not been for his four quarters , it's but little you would have said to any body , sae lang as life lasted . " The stranger arose , and shook ...
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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.