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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... possessed with a notion , in itself a very true one , that much might be done to render this grant available , by improving the culture of the crown lands , both in Orkney and Zetland ; and then , having some acquaint- ance with our ...
... possessed with a notion , in itself a very true one , that much might be done to render this grant available , by improving the culture of the crown lands , both in Orkney and Zetland ; and then , having some acquaint- ance with our ...
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... possessed of a degree of insight into these mysteries , far supe- rior to what was possessed or practised in the Mearns THE PIRATE . 87.
... possessed of a degree of insight into these mysteries , far supe- rior to what was possessed or practised in the Mearns THE PIRATE . 87.
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Sir Walter Scott. rior to what was possessed or practised in the Mearns . The improvement , therefore , which was to be expected , would bear a double pro- portion , and the Lord Chamberlain was to reap all the profit , deducting a ...
Sir Walter Scott. rior to what was possessed or practised in the Mearns . The improvement , therefore , which was to be expected , would bear a double pro- portion , and the Lord Chamberlain was to reap all the profit , deducting a ...
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... possessed of supernatural powers , are venerated in the earlier stages of society . As religion and knowledge increase , they are first held in hatred and horror , and are finally regarded as impos- tors . Scotland was in the second ...
... possessed of supernatural powers , are venerated in the earlier stages of society . As religion and knowledge increase , they are first held in hatred and horror , and are finally regarded as impos- tors . Scotland was in the second ...
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... profit of ony thing , " said Swertha ; and now that I take another look at that daft callant's waistcoat piece , I think it is honestly worth four dollars . " CHAPTER X. " I have possessed the regulation of the 222 THE PIRATE .
... profit of ony thing , " said Swertha ; and now that I take another look at that daft callant's waistcoat piece , I think it is honestly worth four dollars . " CHAPTER X. " I have possessed the regulation of the 222 THE PIRATE .
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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.