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... voices , than the sky - lark which I once heard in Caithness , or the nightingale that I have read of . — What will the girls do for want of their playmate Mordaunt ? ” " They will shift for themselves , " answered Mertoun ; " younger ...
... voices , than the sky - lark which I once heard in Caithness , or the nightingale that I have read of . — What will the girls do for want of their playmate Mordaunt ? ” " They will shift for themselves , " answered Mertoun ; " younger ...
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... voice most potential in the deliberations of the town- ship , after hearing what had happened , pronoun- ced that Sweyn Erickson had gone too far in raising the market upon Mr Mertoun ; and that whatever pretext the tacksman might ...
... voice most potential in the deliberations of the town- ship , after hearing what had happened , pronoun- ced that Sweyn Erickson had gone too far in raising the market upon Mr Mertoun ; and that whatever pretext the tacksman might ...
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... voices as hoarse , if not so loud , as the waves over which they floated , pointed out the very bay on which they sailed as the scene of a bloody sea - fight ; the scarce - seen heap of stones that bristled over the projecting cape , as ...
... voices as hoarse , if not so loud , as the waves over which they floated , pointed out the very bay on which they sailed as the scene of a bloody sea - fight ; the scarce - seen heap of stones that bristled over the projecting cape , as ...
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... voice with the sighing breeze , was often heard to sing of subterranean wonders , or to chaunt prophesies of future events . The kraken , that hugest of living things , was still supposed to cumber the recesses of the Northern Ocean ...
... voice with the sighing breeze , was often heard to sing of subterranean wonders , or to chaunt prophesies of future events . The kraken , that hugest of living things , was still supposed to cumber the recesses of the Northern Ocean ...
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... voice to the song , and his foot to the revel . A boat , or , if the weather , as was often the case , permitted not that convenience , one of the numerous ponies , which , straying in hordes about the extensive moors , may be said to ...
... voice to the song , and his foot to the revel . A boat , or , if the weather , as was often the case , permitted not that convenience , one of the numerous ponies , which , straying in hordes about the extensive moors , may be said 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...