The Pirate, Volume 1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1822 - Orkney (Scotland) - 346 pages |
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... appearance in presence of her master , but trusted that , after his three days ' diet on cold meat , a hot dish , dressed with the best of her simple skill , might introduce her fa- vourably to his recollection . When Mordaunt had ...
... appearance in presence of her master , but trusted that , after his three days ' diet on cold meat , a hot dish , dressed with the best of her simple skill , might introduce her fa- vourably to his recollection . When Mordaunt had ...
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... appearance of a pedler , called jagger in these islands " never travelled in a waur day , or was more willing to get to harbourage . - Heaven be praised for fire and house - room ! " So saying , he drew a stool to the fire , and sate ...
... appearance of a pedler , called jagger in these islands " never travelled in a waur day , or was more willing to get to harbourage . - Heaven be praised for fire and house - room ! " So saying , he drew a stool to the fire , and sate ...
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... appearance as extravagantly lofty in her pre- tensions and in her language . She might well have repre- sented on the stage , so far as features , voice , and stature were concerned , the Bonduca or Boadicea of the Britons , or the sage ...
... appearance as extravagantly lofty in her pre- tensions and in her language . She might well have repre- sented on the stage , so far as features , voice , and stature were concerned , the Bonduca or Boadicea of the Britons , or the sage ...
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... appearance , features , and attire of Norna of the Fitful - head , upon whom many of the inhabitants of the island looked with observance , many with fear , and al- most all with a sort of veneration . Less pregnant circum- stances of ...
... appearance , features , and attire of Norna of the Fitful - head , upon whom many of the inhabitants of the island looked with observance , many with fear , and al- most all with a sort of veneration . Less pregnant circum- stances of ...
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... appearances , asked Mordaunt , with a voice which faltered with apprehension , whether he thought there was any , that is , so very much danger ? " I cannot tell , " answered the youth , " I have scarce ever seen such a storm . Norna ...
... appearances , asked Mordaunt , with a voice which faltered with apprehension , whether he thought there was any , that is , so very much danger ? " I cannot tell , " answered the youth , " I have scarce ever seen such a storm . Norna ...
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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...