The Pirate, Volume 1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1822 - Orkney (Scotland) - 346 pages |
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... manner we have mentioned , the habits of Basil Mertoun were retired and gloomy . From loud mirth he instantly fled ; and even the modera- ted cheerfulness of a friendly party and the invariable ef- fect of throwing him into deeper ...
... manner we have mentioned , the habits of Basil Mertoun were retired and gloomy . From loud mirth he instantly fled ; and even the modera- ted cheerfulness of a friendly party and the invariable ef- fect of throwing him into deeper ...
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... manner and self - importance which mark a person of some conse- quence ; and although it was conjectured that he could not be rich , yet it was certainly known by his expenditure that neither was he absolutely poor . He had , besides ...
... manner and self - importance which mark a person of some conse- quence ; and although it was conjectured that he could not be rich , yet it was certainly known by his expenditure that neither was he absolutely poor . He had , besides ...
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... manners of these Islands are no more ; for our ancient pos- sessors , our Patersons , our Feas , our Schlagbrenners , our Yhiorbiorns , have given place to Giffords , Scotts , Mouats , men whose names bespeak them or their ances- tors ...
... manners of these Islands are no more ; for our ancient pos- sessors , our Patersons , our Feas , our Schlagbrenners , our Yhiorbiorns , have given place to Giffords , Scotts , Mouats , men whose names bespeak them or their ances- tors ...
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... manner on this occasion , that Sweyn neither stopped to collect the money nor take back his commodi- ty , but fled at a precipitate rate to the small hamlet , to tell his comrades , that if they provoked Master Mertoun any * The ...
... manner on this occasion , that Sweyn neither stopped to collect the money nor take back his commodi- ty , but fled at a precipitate rate to the small hamlet , to tell his comrades , that if they provoked Master Mertoun any * The ...
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... manners claimed deference ( notwith- standing her early youth ) as well as affection , even her gay , lovely , and amiable sister was not more generally be- loved than the more retired and pensive Minna . Indeed , the two lovely sisters ...
... manners claimed deference ( notwith- standing her early youth ) as well as affection , even her gay , lovely , and amiable sister was not more generally be- loved than the more retired and pensive Minna . Indeed , the two lovely sisters ...
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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...