Waverley Novels, Volumen24R. Cadell, 1831 |
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... thou in thy treasure - caves and cells , Thou ever - sounding and mysterious Sea ? " The additional mystic gloom which rests on these northern billows for half the year , joined to the imperfect glance obtain- ed of occasional objects ...
... thou in thy treasure - caves and cells , Thou ever - sounding and mysterious Sea ? " The additional mystic gloom which rests on these northern billows for half the year , joined to the imperfect glance obtain- ed of occasional objects ...
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... thou aught of husbandry , young gentleman ? " " Troth , sir , not I , " answered Mordaunt ; " I have been trained to plough upon the sea , and to the crag . " reap upon " Plough the sea ! " said Triptolemus ; " that's a furrow requires ...
... thou aught of husbandry , young gentleman ? " " Troth , sir , not I , " answered Mordaunt ; " I have been trained to plough upon the sea , and to the crag . " reap upon " Plough the sea ! " said Triptolemus ; " that's a furrow requires ...
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... thou wilt , thy newfang- led coulters , spades , and harrows , alter the imple- ments of our fathers from the ploughshare to the mouse - trap ; but know thou art in the land that was won of old by the flaxen - haired Kempions of the ...
... thou wilt , thy newfang- led coulters , spades , and harrows , alter the imple- ments of our fathers from the ploughshare to the mouse - trap ; but know thou art in the land that was won of old by the flaxen - haired Kempions of the ...
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... thou thinkest Norna can do ? " said the sibyl ; " thou shalt know her powers are not bounded within such a narrow space . Hear me 92 THE PIRATE .
... thou thinkest Norna can do ? " said the sibyl ; " thou shalt know her powers are not bounded within such a narrow space . Hear me 92 THE PIRATE .
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... thou quit this doomed mansion with those who now prepare to leave it ? " " I do not - I will not , Norna , " replied Mor- daunt ; " I know not your motive for desiring me to remove , and I will not leave , upon these dark threats , the ...
... thou quit this doomed mansion with those who now prepare to leave it ? " " I do not - I will not , Norna , " replied Mor- daunt ; " I know not your motive for desiring me to remove , and I will not leave , upon these dark threats , the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ALPHEUS FELCH ancient answered arms betwixt boat brave Brenda Bryce Snailsfoot Burgh Burgh-Westra called Captain Cleveland Claud Halcro dance dark daunt Drows Dwarfie Stone father favour fear Fitful-head frae guests hand hear heard heart honest hospitality inhabitants islands isles jagger Jarlshof John Dryden Kirkwall lady land Lerwick light look Magnus Troil mair Maister Mordaunt mansion master mind Minna Mistress Baby Mordaunt Mertoun never Norna Norse Norsemen occasion old Norse once Orkney Papa Stour pedlar Ranzelman replied Mordaunt rock scarce scart Scotland seemed shore sister song speak Stourburgh stranger supposed Swertha swords tacksman tell thing thou thought Thule tion tone Triptolemus Yellowley Tronda Udaller usual vessel voice waves weel Westra wild wind woman words XXIV young youth Zetland
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Página 139 - 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.
Página 37 - 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.
Página 328 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech ; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Página 352 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our neelds, created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate.
Página 272 - I fear, too early : for my mind misgives, Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels...
Página 126 - But the merchant, intent upon picking up some of the spoils of the wreck, and upon dragging them out of reach of the tide, paid for some time little attention to his shouts. When he did at length approach Mordaunt, it was not to lend him his aid, but to remonstrate with him on his rashness in undertaking the charitable office. "Are you mad?
Página 137 - ... itself upon the minds of a people otherwise kind, moral, and hospitable. But all with whom I have spoken agree that it was almost general in the beginning of the eighteenth century, and was with difficulty weeded out by the sedulous instructions of the clergy and the rigorous injunctions...
Página 220 - John of Portugal I sung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames did'st cut thy way, With...
Página 32 - There was metal yet more attractive, and younger hearts, whose welcome, if less loud, was as sincere as that of the jolly Udaller.