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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... tone in a dispute with the other maid - servant , her master , who at that time passed the place of contest , eyed her with a strong glance , and pronounced the single word , remember , in a tone which taught Swertha the government of ...
... tone in a dispute with the other maid - servant , her master , who at that time passed the place of contest , eyed her with a strong glance , and pronounced the single word , remember , in a tone which taught Swertha the government of ...
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... oak , carved by the rude graving - tool of some Hamburgh carpenter , shouted forth his welcome in a tone which might have , in ancient times , hailed the return of Ioul , the highest festival of the Goths 40 THE PIRATE .
... oak , carved by the rude graving - tool of some Hamburgh carpenter , shouted forth his welcome in a tone which might have , in ancient times , hailed the return of Ioul , the highest festival of the Goths 40 THE PIRATE .
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... to the most experienced of the fowlers . Her powers of observation were wonderful , and little interrupted by other tones of feeling . The in- formation which she acquired by habits of patient attention , THE PIRATE : 47.
... to the most experienced of the fowlers . Her powers of observation were wonderful , and little interrupted by other tones of feeling . The in- formation which she acquired by habits of patient attention , THE PIRATE : 47.
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... tone betwixt reproach and vexa- tion ; and the young men from the Isle of Paba that are to dance the sword - dance , whom shall we find to match them , for the honour of the Main ? " " There is many a merry dancer on the main- land ...
... tone betwixt reproach and vexa- tion ; and the young men from the Isle of Paba that are to dance the sword - dance , whom shall we find to match them , for the honour of the Main ? " " There is many a merry dancer on the main- land ...
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... tone of intercession , and Mordaunt saying in English , " They are stran- gers , Norna , and know not your name or qua- lities ; they are unacquainted , too , with the ways of this country , and therefore we must hold them excused for ...
... tone of intercession , and Mordaunt saying in English , " They are stran- gers , Norna , and know not your name or qua- lities ; they are unacquainted , too , with the ways of this country , and therefore we must hold them excused for ...
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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.