The Pirate, Volume 1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1822 - Orkney (Scotland) - 346 pages |
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Page 20
... dark hour . He was aware , in the usual case , of its approach , and retreated to an in- ner apartment , into which he never permitted even Mor- daunt to enter . Here he would abide in seclusion for days , and even weeks , only coming ...
... dark hour . He was aware , in the usual case , of its approach , and retreated to an in- ner apartment , into which he never permitted even Mor- daunt to enter . Here he would abide in seclusion for days , and even weeks , only coming ...
Page 21
... dark hour was upon him . Out of respect , therefore , to his parent , as well as to indulge the love of active exercise and of amusement natural to his period of life , Mordaunt used often altogeth- er to absent himself from the mansion ...
... dark hour was upon him . Out of respect , therefore , to his parent , as well as to indulge the love of active exercise and of amusement natural to his period of life , Mordaunt used often altogeth- er to absent himself from the mansion ...
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... dark romance of those Scandinavian tales , lay much that was captivating to a youthful ear ; and the classic tales of antiquity were rivalled at least , if not excelled , in Mor- daunt's opinion , by the strange legends of Berserkar ...
... dark romance of those Scandinavian tales , lay much that was captivating to a youthful ear ; and the classic tales of antiquity were rivalled at least , if not excelled , in Mor- daunt's opinion , by the strange legends of Berserkar ...
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... dark caverns , to whose extremities nei- ther man nor skiff has ever ventured , -lonely , and often uninhabited isles , -and occasionally the ruins of ancient northern fastnesses , dimly seen by the feeble light of the Arctic winter ...
... dark caverns , to whose extremities nei- ther man nor skiff has ever ventured , -lonely , and often uninhabited isles , -and occasionally the ruins of ancient northern fastnesses , dimly seen by the feeble light of the Arctic winter ...
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... dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes ; Thus mellow'd to that tender light . Which heaven to gaudy day denies . " Their father loved the maidens both so well , that it might be difficult to say which he liked best , saving ...
... dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes ; Thus mellow'd to that tender light . Which heaven to gaudy day denies . " Their father loved the maidens both so well , that it might be difficult to say which he liked best , saving ...
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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...