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Page 18
... waves tumbling on the bare rocks , and the Roost of Sumburgh running at the rate of fifteen knots an hour . " " I shall see nothing at least of the current of human passions , " replied Mertoun . " You will hear nothing but the clanging ...
... waves tumbling on the bare rocks , and the Roost of Sumburgh running at the rate of fifteen knots an hour . " " I shall see nothing at least of the current of human passions , " replied Mertoun . " You will hear nothing but the clanging ...
Page 21
... waves deny him . Ancient Drama . THE few inhabitants of the township of Jarls- hof had at first heard with alarm that a person of rank superior to their own , was come to reside in the ruinous tenement which they still called the castle ...
... waves deny him . Ancient Drama . THE few inhabitants of the township of Jarls- hof had at first heard with alarm that a person of rank superior to their own , was come to reside in the ruinous tenement which they still called the castle ...
Page 35
... 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 the dun or castle of some potent Earl or ...
... 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 the dun or castle of some potent Earl or ...
Page 36
... waves came rip- pling to the shore , upon a bed of smooth sand in- termingled with shells , the mermaid was still seen to glide along the waters by moonlight , and , ming- ling her voice with the sighing breeze , was often heard to sing ...
... waves came rip- pling to the shore , upon a bed of smooth sand in- termingled with shells , the mermaid was still seen to glide along the waters by moonlight , and , ming- ling her voice with the sighing breeze , was often heard to sing ...
Page 62
... waves of which they had lately made a part ; while the salt relish of the drift which was pelted against his face , shewed Mordaunt that the spray of the more distant ocean , disturbed to frenzy by the storm , was mingled with that of ...
... waves of which they had lately made a part ; while the salt relish of the drift which was pelted against his face , shewed Mordaunt that the spray of the more distant ocean , disturbed to frenzy by the storm , was mingled with that of ...
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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...