The Pirate, Volumen1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1822 - 346 páginas |
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... land we have mentioned , and is called the Roost of Sum- burgh ; roost being the phrase assigned in these isles to currents of this description . On the land side , the promontory is covered with short grass , and slopes steeply down to ...
... land we have mentioned , and is called the Roost of Sum- burgh ; roost being the phrase assigned in these isles to currents of this description . On the land side , the promontory is covered with short grass , and slopes steeply down to ...
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... 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 on the tempestuous gales of these stormy regions , has ...
... 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 on the tempestuous gales of these stormy regions , has ...
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... , how " probable it was , that in another century scarce a merk - scarce even an ure of land would be in possession of the Norse inhabitants , the true Udal- VOL . I. B lers * of Zetland , " he recollected the circumstances THE PIRATE . 13.
... , how " probable it was , that in another century scarce a merk - scarce even an ure of land would be in possession of the Norse inhabitants , the true Udal- VOL . I. B lers * of Zetland , " he recollected the circumstances THE PIRATE . 13.
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... land , that the tenants may fish for you ; -eight lispunds of butter , and eight shillings sterling yearly , is not too much ? " Mr. Mertoun agreed to terms so moderate , and from thenceforward resided chiefly at the solitary mansion ...
... land , that the tenants may fish for you ; -eight lispunds of butter , and eight shillings sterling yearly , is not too much ? " Mr. Mertoun agreed to terms so moderate , and from thenceforward resided chiefly at the solitary mansion ...
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... land journey better , and he would see not only his son , but twenty folks besides , who would be most happy to find that he had not lost the use of his tongue entirely during his lone solitude ; " although I must own , " added Magnus ...
... land journey better , and he would see not only his son , but twenty folks besides , who would be most happy to find that he had not lost the use of his tongue entirely during his lone solitude ; " although I must own , " added Magnus ...
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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.
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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...