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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... hands , whaaling knives they ca'd them , but they looked as like dirks and whingers as ae bit airn can look like ... hand . " I will warrant them out of sight and hearing both - this is some poor fellow catched in the tempest , wants ...
... hands , whaaling knives they ca'd them , but they looked as like dirks and whingers as ae bit airn can look like ... hand . " I will warrant them out of sight and hearing both - this is some poor fellow catched in the tempest , wants ...
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... hand . After dinner , the host produced his bottle of brandy ; but Mordaunt , whose general habits were as abstinent almost as those of his father , laid a very light tax upon this unusual exer- tion of hospitality . During the meal ...
... hand . After dinner , the host produced his bottle of brandy ; but Mordaunt , whose general habits were as abstinent almost as those of his father , laid a very light tax upon this unusual exer- tion of hospitality . During the meal ...
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... hand , and looked long fixedly upon the young man as he was busied with his morning meal . There was neither abstraction nor a sense of being observed in any of his motions all was frank , natural , and open . " He is fancy - free ...
... hand , and looked long fixedly upon the young man as he was busied with his morning meal . There was neither abstraction nor a sense of being observed in any of his motions all was frank , natural , and open . " He is fancy - free ...
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... hand , and a firm foot , carried him through his desperate attempt ; and in the space of seven minutes , he stood at the bottom of the cliff , from the verge of which he had achieved his perilous descent . The place which he now ...
... hand , and a firm foot , carried him through his desperate attempt ; and in the space of seven minutes , he stood at the bottom of the cliff , from the verge of which he had achieved his perilous descent . The place which he now ...
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... hand to what's mair to the purpose . Help me to get ane or twa of these kists ashore before any body else comes , and we shall share , like good Christians , what God sends us , and be thankful . " Mordaunt was indeed no stranger to ...
... hand to what's mair to the purpose . Help me to get ane or twa of these kists ashore before any body else comes , and we shall share , like good Christians , what God sends us , and be thankful . " Mordaunt was indeed no stranger to ...
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amongst ancient answered arms ashore Baby betwixt boat boatswain Brenda Bryce Snailsfoot Bunce Burgh-Westra called Captain Cleveland Claud Halcro Cleve command crew dance dark daughters Dick Fletcher eyes fair father favour fear Fitful-head gentlemen of fortune glorious John Goffe guests hand hear heard heart Heaven honest honour islands isles jagger Jarlshof John Dryden Kirkwall land look Magnus Troil maiden manner matter mind Minna Troil Mistress Mordaunt Mertoun never Norna Norse occasion Odin old Norse once Orcadian Orkney pedlar pirate poor provost ranzelman replied Mordaunt rock sail Saint Magnus Saint Ninian scarce Scotland seemed shore sister sloop song speak spirit spoke stood stranger Swertha tell thee thing thou thought tion tone Triptolemus Yellowley turn Udaller vessel voice waves weel wild wind woman word young youth Zetland
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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...