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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... live to see her ride on the reek of a fat tar - barrel , " said Mistress Baby ; " and that will be a fit pacing palfrey for her . " Again Norna regarded the enraged Mrs Baby Yellowley with a look of that unutterable scorn which her ...
... live to see her ride on the reek of a fat tar - barrel , " said Mistress Baby ; " and that will be a fit pacing palfrey for her . " Again Norna regarded the enraged Mrs Baby Yellowley with a look of that unutterable scorn which her ...
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... , " replied his father ; " she is probably deserted by her crew . " " And in such a day as yesterday , " replied Mordaunt , " when no open boat could live were VOL . I. L she manned with the best men ever handled an oar THE PIRATE . 161.
... , " replied his father ; " she is probably deserted by her crew . " " And in such a day as yesterday , " replied Mordaunt , " when no open boat could live were VOL . I. L she manned with the best men ever handled an oar THE PIRATE . 161.
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... lives was concerned ; and yet it was not without a feeling of breathless awe that Mordaunt and his father beheld the vessel- that rare masterpiece by which human genius aspires to surmount the waves , and contend with the winds , upon ...
... lives was concerned ; and yet it was not without a feeling of breathless awe that Mordaunt and his father beheld the vessel- that rare masterpiece by which human genius aspires to surmount the waves , and contend with the winds , upon ...
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... see the danger , and to exclaim , “ He lives , and may yet be saved ! " was the first impulse of the fearless Mordaunt . The next was , after one rapid glance at the front of the cliff , to precipitate THE PIRATE . 165.
... see the danger , and to exclaim , “ He lives , and may yet be saved ! " was the first impulse of the fearless Mordaunt . The next was , after one rapid glance at the front of the cliff , to precipitate THE PIRATE . 165.
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... lives , and lost much linen . He paid no sort of attention to the repeated entreaties of Mordaunt , although he was now upon the same slip of sand with him- well known to Bryce as a place on which the eddy was likely to land such spoils ...
... lives , and lost much linen . He paid no sort of attention to the repeated entreaties of Mordaunt , although he was now upon the same slip of sand with him- well known to Bryce as a place on which the eddy was likely to land such spoils ...
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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.