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... SCOTT . - The Pirate . Edinburgh , 1822. 3 vols . 8vo , TION , original boards , uncut , £ 1 16s . VALIT Nol I lacks half title . BODLEIAN LIBRARY The gift of Miss Emma F. I. Dunston Dun h 1 J. M. Boy . Fb721848 1 . THE PIRATE .
... SCOTT . - The Pirate . Edinburgh , 1822. 3 vols . 8vo , TION , original boards , uncut , £ 1 16s . VALIT Nol I lacks half title . BODLEIAN LIBRARY The gift of Miss Emma F. I. Dunston Dun h 1 J. M. Boy . Fb721848 1 . THE PIRATE .
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... wretch- ed cottages for the inhabitants and tenants of the township of Jarlshof , who held the whole district of the landlord upon such terms as were in those days usually granted to persons of this descrip- tion , 6 THE PIRATE .
... wretch- ed cottages for the inhabitants and tenants of the township of Jarlshof , who held the whole district of the landlord upon such terms as were in those days usually granted to persons of this descrip- tion , 6 THE PIRATE .
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Walter Scott. days usually granted to persons of this descrip- tion , and which , of course , were hard enough . The landlord himself resided upon an estate which he possessed in a more eligible situation , in a different part of the ...
Walter Scott. days usually granted to persons of this descrip- tion , and which , of course , were hard enough . The landlord himself resided upon an estate which he possessed in a more eligible situation , in a different part of the ...
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... tion , occasioned by the sinking of the monstrous mass to the bottom , should drag within the grasp of its multifarious feelers his own frail skiff . The sea - snake was also known , which , arising out of the depths of ocean ...
... tion , occasioned by the sinking of the monstrous mass to the bottom , should drag within the grasp of its multifarious feelers his own frail skiff . The sea - snake was also known , which , arising out of the depths of ocean ...
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... tion , which her countenance and demeanour seem- ed to exhibit . If strangers sometimes conceived that these fine features were clouded by melan- choly , for which her age and situation could scarce have given occasion , they were soon ...
... tion , which her countenance and demeanour seem- ed to exhibit . If strangers sometimes conceived that these fine features were clouded by melan- choly , for which her age and situation could scarce have given occasion , they were soon ...
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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...