Waverley Novels: From the Last Rev. Ed., Containing the Author's Final Corrections, Notes, &c, Volumen 12S.H. Parker and B.B. Mussey, 1852 |
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... Mordaunt Mertoun to know his own mind . " It was a pretty thing , indeed , " they usually concluded , " that he , no native born , and possessed of no visible means of subsistence that is known to any one , should presume to hesitate ...
... Mordaunt Mertoun to know his own mind . " It was a pretty thing , indeed , " they usually concluded , " that he , no native born , and possessed of no visible means of subsistence that is known to any one , should presume to hesitate ...
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... Mordaunt acquiesced both in what respected his father's taciturnity , and his dislike to general society ; but sug- gested , at the same time , that the first circumstance ren- dered his own immediate return more necessary , as he was ...
... Mordaunt acquiesced both in what respected his father's taciturnity , and his dislike to general society ; but sug- gested , at the same time , that the first circumstance ren- dered his own immediate return more necessary , as he was ...
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... Mordaunt ; the storm which these signs announce will be a dreadful one . ” " I must be gone the sooner , " was the conclusion of Mordaunt , who could not deny the signs , which had not escaped his own quick observation . " If the storm ...
... Mordaunt ; the storm which these signs announce will be a dreadful one . ” " I must be gone the sooner , " was the conclusion of Mordaunt , who could not deny the signs , which had not escaped his own quick observation . " If the storm ...
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... Mordaunt ; " but they only tell me I have no time to tarry here . Adieu , Minna ; I will send you the eagle's feathers , if an eagle can be found on Fair - isle or Foulah . And fare thee well , my pretty Bren- da , and keep a thought ...
... Mordaunt ; " but they only tell me I have no time to tarry here . Adieu , Minna ; I will send you the eagle's feathers , if an eagle can be found on Fair - isle or Foulah . And fare thee well , my pretty Bren- da , and keep a thought ...
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... Mordaunt , " put up your pipes and gang your gate ; this is the house of his Lordship's factor , and no place of resett for thiggers or sorners . 99 Mordaunt laughed in her face at the simplicity of the request . " Leave built walls ...
... Mordaunt , " put up your pipes and gang your gate ; this is the house of his Lordship's factor , and no place of resett for thiggers or sorners . 99 Mordaunt laughed in her face at the simplicity of the request . " Leave built walls ...
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Página 187 - Goes on to sea, and knows not to retire. With roomy decks, her guns of mighty strength, Whose low-laid mouths each mounting billow laves : Deep in her draught, and warlike in her length, She seems a sea-wasp flying on the waves.
Página 119 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Página 235 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Página 194 - I fear, too early : for my mind misgives, Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels...
Página 31 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meets in her aspect and her eyes, Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Página 60 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history...
Página 162 - Portugal I sung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames didst cut thy way, With...