The Pirate, Volumen1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1822 - 346 páginas |
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... ancients , in a cliff of tremendous height , en- titled Sumburgh - Head , which presents its bare scalp and naked sides to the weight of a tremendous surge , and forms the extreme point of the isle to the south - east . This lofty ...
... ancients , in a cliff of tremendous height , en- titled Sumburgh - Head , which presents its bare scalp and naked sides to the weight of a tremendous surge , and forms the extreme point of the isle to the south - east . This lofty ...
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... ancient Earl of the Orkneys , had se- lected this neck of land as the place for establishing a man- sion - house . It has been long entirely deserted , and the vestiges can only be discerned with difficulty ; for the loose sand , borne ...
... ancient Earl of the Orkneys , had se- lected this neck of land as the place for establishing a man- sion - house . It has been long entirely deserted , and the vestiges can only be discerned with difficulty ; for the loose sand , borne ...
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... ancient Norwegian family by the marriage of its representative with a Danish lady , held the devout opinion that a cup of Geneva or Nantz was specific against all cares and afflictions whatsoever . These were remedies to which Mr ...
... ancient Norwegian family by the marriage of its representative with a Danish lady , held the devout opinion that a cup of Geneva or Nantz was specific against all cares and afflictions whatsoever . These were remedies to which Mr ...
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... ancient days and the genuine manners of these Islands are no more ; for our ancient pos- sessors , our Patersons , our Feas , our Schlagbrenners , our Yhiorbiorns , have given place to Giffords , Scotts , Mouats , men whose names ...
... ancient days and the genuine manners of these Islands are no more ; for our ancient pos- sessors , our Patersons , our Feas , our Schlagbrenners , our Yhiorbiorns , have given place to Giffords , Scotts , Mouats , men whose names ...
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... Ancient Drama . THE few inhabitants of the township of Jarlshof 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 . In those days ...
... Ancient Drama . THE few inhabitants of the township of Jarlshof 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 . In those days ...
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Página 29 - 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. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face ; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
Página 207 - 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 143 - Portugal I sung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames did'st cut thy way, With...
Página 26 - If strangers sometimes conceived that her fine features were clouded by melancholy for which her age and situation could scarce have given occasion, they were soon satisfied, upon further acquaintance, that the placid mild quietude of her disposition, and the mental energy of a character which was but little interested in ordinary and trivial occurrences, was the real...