The Pirate, Volume 1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1822 - Orkney (Scotland) - 346 pages |
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... Brenda singing in the garden with your Mordaunt . Now , I would rather listen to their little voices , than the sky - lark which I once heard in Caithness , * The Udallers are the allodiol possessors of Zetland , who hold their ...
... Brenda singing in the garden with your Mordaunt . Now , I would rather listen to their little voices , than the sky - lark which I once heard in Caithness , * The Udallers are the allodiol possessors of Zetland , who hold their ...
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... Brenda , the daughters of Magnus Troil . The mother had been dead for many years , and they were now two beautiful girls , the eldest only eighteen , which might be a year or two younger than Mordaunt Mertoun , the second about se ...
... Brenda , the daughters of Magnus Troil . The mother had been dead for many years , and they were now two beautiful girls , the eldest only eighteen , which might be a year or two younger than Mordaunt Mertoun , the second about se ...
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... some higher and better sphere , and was only the chance visitant of a world that was scarce worthy of her . The scarce less beautiful , equally lovely , and equally , innocent Brenda , was of a complexion as differing from 26 THE PIRATE .
... some higher and better sphere , and was only the chance visitant of a world that was scarce worthy of her . The scarce less beautiful , equally lovely , and equally , innocent Brenda , was of a complexion as differing from 26 THE PIRATE .
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Walter Scott. innocent Brenda , was of a complexion as differing from her sister , as they differed in character taste ... Brenda mixed itself with the every - day bu siness of life , and seemed inexhaustible in its profusion . The less ...
Walter Scott. innocent Brenda , was of a complexion as differing from her sister , as they differed in character taste ... Brenda mixed itself with the every - day bu siness of life , and seemed inexhaustible in its profusion . The less ...
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... Brenda when he was mirthful ; and , what was nearly the same thing , preferred Minna before noon , and Brenda after the glass had circulated in the eve- ning . But it was still more extraordinary , that the affections of Mordaunt ...
... Brenda when he was mirthful ; and , what was nearly the same thing , preferred Minna before noon , and Brenda after the glass had circulated in the eve- ning . But it was still more extraordinary , that the affections of Mordaunt ...
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amongst ancient answered arms better betwixt Bimbister boat Brenda Bryce Burgh-Westra called Captain Cleveland Claud Halcro dance dark daunt Drows father fear Fitful-head folks frae glorious John guests hand hastily hear heard heart heaven honest hospitality islands isles jagger Jarlshof John Dryden Kirkwall lady land laughing least Lerwick look Magnus Troil maidens mair mansion Master Mordaunt maun mind Minna Mistress Baby Mordaunt Mertoun never Norna Norse Norsemen occasion old Norse once Orkney pedler Ranzelman replied Mordaunt rience rock Scambester scarce Scotland seemed share shore sister Skerry Snaelsfoot song speak stood Stourburgh stranger Sumburgh-head Swertha tacksman tell tempest thing thou thought Thule tion tone Triptolemus Yellowley Tronda Udaller Unst usual vessel voice waves weel wild woman words young youth Zetland
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Page 29 - 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. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face ; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
Page 207 - 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.
Page 143 - Portugal I sung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames did'st cut thy way, With...
Page 26 - If strangers sometimes conceived that her fine features were clouded by melancholy for which her age and situation could scarce have given occasion, they were soon satisfied, upon further acquaintance, that the placid mild quietude of her disposition, and the mental energy of a character which was but little interested in ordinary and trivial occurrences, was the real...