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Page 24
... woman , but for daring , in my house , to scold above your breath . - And for you , you rascal , who suppose you may cheat a stranger as you would flinch * a whale , know that I am well acquainted with the rights which , * The operation ...
... woman , but for daring , in my house , to scold above your breath . - And for you , you rascal , who suppose you may cheat a stranger as you would flinch * a whale , know that I am well acquainted with the rights which , * The operation ...
Page 28
... , " replied the old woman , with a pathetic whine ; " the Berserkars were champions who lived before the blessed days of Saint Olave , and who used to run like mad- men on swords , and spears , and harpoons , 28 THE PIRATE .
... , " replied the old woman , with a pathetic whine ; " the Berserkars were champions who lived before the blessed days of Saint Olave , and who used to run like mad- men on swords , and spears , and harpoons , 28 THE PIRATE .
Page 67
... woman of spirit who had been major and sui juris , ( as the writer who drew the contract assured her , ) for full twenty years ; so she set consequences and commenta- ries alike at defiance , and wedded the hearty Yorkshire yeoman . Her ...
... woman of spirit who had been major and sui juris , ( as the writer who drew the contract assured her , ) for full twenty years ; so she set consequences and commenta- ries alike at defiance , and wedded the hearty Yorkshire yeoman . Her ...
Page 68
... woman in the Mearns ) put a negative on this advance to intimacy . Indeed she knew how to make young Deelbelicket , old Dougald Bare- sword , the Laird of Bandybrawl , and others , pay for the hospitality which she did not think pro ...
... woman in the Mearns ) put a negative on this advance to intimacy . Indeed she knew how to make young Deelbelicket , old Dougald Bare- sword , the Laird of Bandybrawl , and others , pay for the hospitality which she did not think pro ...
Page 100
... woman , should drive me from the shelter into the storm ? " " And so you propose , young man , ” said Trip- tolemus , gravely , " to stay in my house , volens nolens - that is , whether we will or no ? " " Will ! " said Mordaunt ...
... woman , should drive me from the shelter into the storm ? " " And so you propose , young man , ” said Trip- tolemus , gravely , " to stay in my house , volens nolens - that is , whether we will or no ? " " Will ! " said Mordaunt ...
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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...