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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... the wild address thus uttered to the wildest wind of the compass , in a tone of such dauntless enthusiasm . But though he had heard so much of the Runic rhyme and of the northern spell , in the country .132 THE PIRATE.
... the wild address thus uttered to the wildest wind of the compass , in a tone of such dauntless enthusiasm . But though he had heard so much of the Runic rhyme and of the northern spell , in the country .132 THE PIRATE.
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... tone of menace as well as of com- mand , she addressed the viewless spirit of the tempest , gave him a strong inclination to be- lieve in the ascendancy of the occult art over the powers of nature ; for , if a woman ever moved on earth ...
... tone of menace as well as of com- mand , she addressed the viewless spirit of the tempest , gave him a strong inclination to be- lieve in the ascendancy of the occult art over the powers of nature ; for , if a woman ever moved on earth ...
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... tone of affection for the smoked goose , which , though it had long been an inanimate inhabitant of her chimney , was far more interesting to Mrs Baby in that state , than when it screamed amongst the clouds . Mor- daunt laughed , and ...
... tone of affection for the smoked goose , which , though it had long been an inanimate inhabitant of her chimney , was far more interesting to Mrs Baby in that state , than when it screamed amongst the clouds . Mor- daunt laughed , and ...
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... tone of a query , " Magnus Troil has two daughters - they must be now young women ; they are thought handsome , of course ? " “ Very generally , sir , " answered Mordaunt , rather surprised to hear his father making any inquiries about ...
... tone of a query , " Magnus Troil has two daughters - they must be now young women ; they are thought handsome , of course ? " “ Very generally , sir , " answered Mordaunt , rather surprised to hear his father making any inquiries about ...
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... tone , which seemed in some degree affected . " Since you have so few inducements , Mor- daunt , to remain in these wild islands , I suppose you sometimes wish to look a little more abroad into the world ? " " By my word , sir ...
... tone , which seemed in some degree affected . " Since you have so few inducements , Mor- daunt , to remain in these wild islands , I suppose you sometimes wish to look a little more abroad into the world ? " " By my word , sir ...
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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.