The Pirate, Volume 1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1822 - Orkney (Scotland) - 346 pages |
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... Swertha , the banished matron who had been expelled from the Castle , whom , as an experienced and useful ally , they were highly desirous to restore to her office of house- keeper , should that be found possible . But as their wis ...
... Swertha , the banished matron who had been expelled from the Castle , whom , as an experienced and useful ally , they were highly desirous to restore to her office of house- keeper , should that be found possible . But as their wis ...
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... Swertha , I will be your warrant , that if you go boldly up to the Castle , and enter upon the discharge of your duties as usual , you will -never hear a single word from him . " - Swertha hesitated at first to obey this bold counsel ...
... Swertha , I will be your warrant , that if you go boldly up to the Castle , and enter upon the discharge of your duties as usual , you will -never hear a single word from him . " - Swertha hesitated at first to obey this bold counsel ...
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... Swertha the government of her tongue for many weeks after . If Mertoun was whimsical in his mode of governing his household , he seemed no less so in his plan of educating his son . He showed the youth but few symptoms of pa- rental ...
... Swertha the government of her tongue for many weeks after . If Mertoun was whimsical in his mode of governing his household , he seemed no less so in his plan of educating his son . He showed the youth but few symptoms of pa- rental ...
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... Swertha's window , that she replied to the signal . At the first sound , Swertha fell into an agreeable dream of a young whale - fisher , who some forty years since used to make such a signal beneath the window of her hut ; at the ...
... Swertha's window , that she replied to the signal . At the first sound , Swertha fell into an agreeable dream of a young whale - fisher , who some forty years since used to make such a signal beneath the window of her hut ; at the ...
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... Swertha ? " " In troth has it , Master Mordaunt , " answered the gouvernante ; " and your father is very reasonably good- natured for him , poor gentleman . I spake to him twice yesterday without his speaking first ; and the first time ...
... Swertha ? " " In troth has it , Master Mordaunt , " answered the gouvernante ; " and your father is very reasonably good- natured for him , poor gentleman . I spake to him twice yesterday without his speaking first ; and the first time ...
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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...