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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... Minna , that noblest of volumes , where we are ever called to wonder and to admire , even when we cannot understand . The plants of those wild regions , the shells on the shores , and the long list of feathered clans which haunt their ...
... Minna , that noblest of volumes , where we are ever called to wonder and to admire , even when we cannot understand . The plants of those wild regions , the shells on the shores , and the long list of feathered clans which haunt their ...
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... Minna a charm in almost every state in which the changing seasons exhibited them . With the enthusiastic feelings proper to the ro- mantic race from which her mother descended , the love of natural objects was to her a passion capable ...
... Minna a charm in almost every state in which the changing seasons exhibited them . With the enthusiastic feelings proper to the ro- mantic race from which her mother descended , the love of natural objects was to her a passion capable ...
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... Minna . Indeed , the two lovely sisters were not only the delight of their friends , but the pride of those islands , where the inhabitants of a certain rank were formed , by the remoteness of their situation and the general hospitality ...
... Minna . Indeed , the two lovely sisters were not only the delight of their friends , but the pride of those islands , where the inhabitants of a certain rank were formed , by the remoteness of their situation and the general hospitality ...
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... Minna when he was sad , and that of Brenda when he was mirthful ; and , what was nearly the same thing , preferred Minna before noon , and Brenda after the glass had circulated in the evening . But it was still more extraordinary , that ...
... Minna when he was sad , and that of Brenda when he was mirthful ; and , what was nearly the same thing , preferred Minna before noon , and Brenda after the glass had circulated in the evening . But it was still more extraordinary , that ...
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... Minna in the ac quisition of those wild , solemn , and simple airs , to which Scalds and harpers sung of old the deeds of heroes , and presently found equally active in teaching Brenda the more lively and complicated music , which their ...
... Minna in the ac quisition of those wild , solemn , and simple airs , to which Scalds and harpers sung of old the deeds of heroes , and presently found equally active in teaching Brenda the more lively and complicated music , which their ...
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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.