The Pirate, Volume 1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1822 - Orkney (Scotland) - 346 pages |
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... keep in order a few roods of land , which had been enclosed as a garden , and which , sheltered by the walls of the house itself , from the relentless sea - blast , produced such vegetables as the climate could bring forth , or rather ...
... keep in order a few roods of land , which had been enclosed as a garden , and which , sheltered by the walls of the house itself , from the relentless sea - blast , produced such vegetables as the climate could bring forth , or rather ...
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... keep the cod fish without pay- ment , and say no more about the matter ; but by this time . Mr. Mertoun bad worked up his passions into an ungo- vernable rage , and with one hand he threw the money at the fisherman's head , while with ...
... keep the cod fish without pay- ment , and say no more about the matter ; but by this time . Mr. Mertoun bad worked up his passions into an ungo- vernable rage , and with one hand he threw the money at the fisherman's head , while with ...
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... keep a thought for me , should the Paba men dance ever so well . " " Take care of yourself , since go you will , " said both sisters , together . Old Magnus scolded them formally for supposing there was any danger to an active young ...
... keep a thought for me , should the Paba men dance ever so well . " " Take care of yourself , since go you will , " said both sisters , together . Old Magnus scolded them formally for supposing there was any danger to an active young ...
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... keep the direction of his journey in a country where is neither road , nor even the slightest track to direct the steps of the wanderer , and where he is often interrupted by large pools of water , lakes , and la- goons . All these ...
... keep the direction of his journey in a country where is neither road , nor even the slightest track to direct the steps of the wanderer , and where he is often interrupted by large pools of water , lakes , and la- goons . All these ...
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... keep the ground warm , according to the creed of some farmers , and great abundance of springs to render it cool and sappy , according to the theory of others . It was in vain that , acting alternately on these opinions , poor Trip ...
... keep the ground warm , according to the creed of some farmers , and great abundance of springs to render it cool and sappy , according to the theory of others . It was in vain that , acting alternately on these opinions , poor Trip ...
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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...