The Pirate: A Romance, Volumen1James Crissy, 1826 |
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... mean- ing of it . Notwithstanding these recommendations , Mer- toun differed in so many material points from his host , that after he had been for some time a guest at his principal residence , Magnus Troil was agreeably surprised ...
... mean- ing of it . Notwithstanding these recommendations , Mer- toun differed in so many material points from his host , that after he had been for some time a guest at his principal residence , Magnus Troil was agreeably surprised ...
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... means , whether large or small , were at least fully adequate to his expen- ses , which , so far as regarded his habits of life , were of the most frugal description . The luxuries of a few books , and some philosophical instruments ...
... means , whether large or small , were at least fully adequate to his expen- ses , which , so far as regarded his habits of life , were of the most frugal description . The luxuries of a few books , and some philosophical instruments ...
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... mean- ing of scat , and wattle , and hawkhen , and hagalef , and every other exaction by which your lords , in ancient and modern days , have wrung your withers ; nor is there one of you that shall not rue the day that you could not be ...
... mean- ing of scat , and wattle , and hawkhen , and hagalef , and every other exaction by which your lords , in ancient and modern days , have wrung your withers ; nor is there one of you that shall not rue the day that you could not be ...
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... means aban- doned faith in them . Such legends are , indeed , every where current amongst the vulgar ; but the imagination is far more powerfully affected by them on the deep and dan- gerous seas of the north , amidst precipices and ...
... means aban- doned faith in them . Such legends are , indeed , every where current amongst the vulgar ; but the imagination is far more powerfully affected by them on the deep and dan- gerous seas of the north , amidst precipices and ...
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... afforded few opportunities , in those days , of studying the lessons bequeathed By dead men to their kind , and Magnus Troil , such as we have described him , was not a person within whose mansion the means of THE PIRATE .
... afforded few opportunities , in those days , of studying the lessons bequeathed By dead men to their kind , and Magnus Troil , such as we have described him , was not a person within whose mansion the means of THE PIRATE .
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Términos y frases comunes
amongst ancient answered betwixt boat Brenda Bryce Burgh Burgh-Westra called Captain Cleveland Claud Halcro cliff dance dark daunt Drows father fear Fitful-head folks frae guests hand hastily hear heard heart honest hospitality islands isles jagger Jarlshof John Dryden Kirkwall lady land laughing least Lerwick look Lord Chamberlain Magnus Troil maidens mair mansion Master Mordaunt ment mind Minna Mistress Baby Mordaunt Mertoun never Norna Norse Norsemen occasion old Norse once Orkney pedlar precipice replied Mordaunt rock scarce Scotland seemed share shore sister Snaelsfoot song speak Stourburgh stranger stranger pointed Sumburgh-head sure Swertha tacksman tell ther thing thou thought Thule tion tolemus tone Triptolemus Yellowley Tronda Udaller Unst usual vessel voice waves weel Westra wild woman words young youth Zetland
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Página 272 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles 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...
Página 30 - 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 107 - 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 173 - Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames did'st cut thy way, With...
Página 253 - 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.