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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... weather which each month will be likely to present ; as , for example , that if Heaven pleases , we shall have snow in January , and the author will stake his reputation that July proves , on the whole , a month of sunshine . Now ...
... weather which each month will be likely to present ; as , for example , that if Heaven pleases , we shall have snow in January , and the author will stake his reputation that July proves , on the whole , a month of sunshine . Now ...
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... weather . At length , finding his noise and vocifera- tion were equally in vain , he fell back so far from the front of the house as was necessary to enable him to reconnoitre the chimneys ; and amidst " storm and shade , " could ...
... weather . At length , finding his noise and vocifera- tion were equally in vain , he fell back so far from the front of the house as was necessary to enable him to reconnoitre the chimneys ; and amidst " storm and shade , " could ...
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... weather like this , and le- velling your gun at folk's heads as you would at a sealgh's ? " " And who are you , friend , and what want you ? " said Triptolemus , lowering the butt of his gun to the floor as he spoke , and so re ...
... weather like this , and le- velling your gun at folk's heads as you would at a sealgh's ? " " And who are you , friend , and what want you ? " said Triptolemus , lowering the butt of his gun to the floor as he spoke , and so re ...
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... weather by sea . Sit down and warm ye , since the sticks are a - low . " 66 Ay , ay , " said Triptolemus , " it is a plea- sure to see siccan a bonny bleeze . I have na seen the like o't since I left Cauldacres . " “ And shall na see ...
... weather by sea . Sit down and warm ye , since the sticks are a - low . " 66 Ay , ay , " said Triptolemus , " it is a plea- sure to see siccan a bonny bleeze . I have na seen the like o't since I left Cauldacres . " “ And shall na see ...
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... weather were not windy enow without your help ; and maybe the lad would drink some bland , or sicklike , if ye had the grace to ask him . " While Triptolemus stood astonished at such a proposal , considering the quarter it came from ...
... weather were not windy enow without your help ; and maybe the lad would drink some bland , or sicklike , if ye had the grace to ask him . " While Triptolemus stood astonished at such a proposal , considering the quarter it came from ...
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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.