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... Islands , concerning which , the more imperfect traditions and mutilated records of the country only tell us the following erroneous particulars : - In the month of January 1724-5 , a ves- sel , called the Revenge , bearing twenty large ...
... Islands , concerning which , the more imperfect traditions and mutilated records of the country only tell us the following erroneous particulars : - In the month of January 1724-5 , a ves- sel , called the Revenge , bearing twenty large ...
Page ii
... islands not possessing arms nor means of resistance ; and so bold was the Captain of these banditti , that he not only came ashore , and gave dancing parties in the village of Stromness , but , before his real cha- racter was discovered ...
... islands not possessing arms nor means of resistance ; and so bold was the Captain of these banditti , that he not only came ashore , and gave dancing parties in the village of Stromness , but , before his real cha- racter was discovered ...
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... island , usu- ally called the Main - Land of Zetland , because it is by far the largest of that Archipelago , termi- nates , as is well known to the mariners who navigate the stormy seas which surround the Thule of the ancients , in a ...
... island , usu- ally called the Main - Land of Zetland , because it is by far the largest of that Archipelago , termi- nates , as is well known to the mariners who navigate the stormy seas which surround the Thule of the ancients , in a ...
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... Islands , and running with force only inferior to that of the Pentland Frith , takes its name from the headland we ... island , gradually work their way forward , and seem as if in a short time they would form a junction , and altogether ...
... Islands , and running with force only inferior to that of the Pentland Frith , takes its name from the headland we ... island , gradually work their way forward , and seem as if in a short time they would form a junction , and altogether ...
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... islands experience even less of the rigour of cold than is encountered on the mainland of Scotland ; but , unsheltered by a wall of some sort or other , it is scarce possible to raise even the most ordinary culinary vegetables ; and as ...
... islands experience even less of the rigour of cold than is encountered on the mainland of Scotland ; but , unsheltered by a wall of some sort or other , it is scarce possible to raise even the most ordinary culinary vegetables ; and as ...
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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...