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Page 4
... betwixt the Orkney and Zetland Islands , and running with force only inferior to that of the Pentland Frith , takes its name from the headland we have mentioned , and is called the Roost of Sumburgh ; roost being the phrase assigned in ...
... betwixt the Orkney and Zetland Islands , and running with force only inferior to that of the Pentland Frith , takes its name from the headland we have mentioned , and is called the Roost of Sumburgh ; roost being the phrase assigned in ...
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... betwixt an old governante , who acted as house- keeper to Mr Mertoun , and Sweyn Erickson , as good a Zetlander as ever rowed a boat to the haaf fishing ; * which dispute , as is usual in such cases , was maintained with such increasing ...
... betwixt an old governante , who acted as house- keeper to Mr Mertoun , and Sweyn Erickson , as good a Zetlander as ever rowed a boat to the haaf fishing ; * which dispute , as is usual in such cases , was maintained with such increasing ...
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... betwixt the two lovely sisters . From his boyhood , as we have noticed , he had been a fre- quent inmate of the residence of Magnus at Burgh - Westra , although it lay nearly twenty miles distant from Jarlshof . The impassable cha ...
... betwixt the two lovely sisters . From his boyhood , as we have noticed , he had been a fre- quent inmate of the residence of Magnus at Burgh - Westra , although it lay nearly twenty miles distant from Jarlshof . The impassable cha ...
Page 54
... betwixt the two most distinguished beauties of Zetland . If they were Magnus Troil , they would soon be at the bottom of the matter " - and so forth . All which remarks were only whis- pered , for the hasty disposition of the udaller ...
... betwixt the two most distinguished beauties of Zetland . If they were Magnus Troil , they would soon be at the bottom of the matter " - and so forth . All which remarks were only whis- pered , for the hasty disposition of the udaller ...
Page 56
... betwixt his father and others ; and that the second corroborated the same neces- sity , since Mr Mertoun's having no other society whatever , seemed a weighty reason why his son's should be restored to him without loss of time . As to ...
... betwixt his father and others ; and that the second corroborated the same neces- sity , since Mr Mertoun's having no other society whatever , seemed a weighty reason why his son's should be restored to him without loss of time . As to ...
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amongst ancient answered auld betwixt Brenda Bryce Burgh Burgh-Westra called Captain Cleveland choly cliff dark daugh daunt door Drows father favour Fitful-head folks frae fury goose guests Halcro hand handsome Harfra hear heard heart hospitality inhabitants islands isles jagger Jarlshof land Lerwick look Lord Chamberlain Magnus Troil mair mansion Master Mordaunt maun melan ment mind Minna Mistress Baby Mordaunt Mertoun never Norna Norse occasion ocean once Orkney pedlar racter Ranzelman Reim-kennar replied Mordaunt rienced rock sate scarce Scotland seemed share shew sister Snailsfoot song storm Stourburgh strange stranger Sumburgh-head Swertha tacksman tell tempest ther thing thou thought Thule tion tolemus tone toun Triptolemus Yellowley Tronda troth Udaller Unst vessel voice waves weather weel Westra wild woman young youth Zetland
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Page 50 - 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.
Page 185 - He was a lovely youth ! I guess The panther in the wilderness Was not so fair as he ; And, when he chose to sport and play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea.
Page 299 - Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames did'st cut thy way, With...