The Pirate, Volumen1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London., 1822 - 346 páginas At the end of the 1600's, the customs and beliefs of the Norse are ebbing away from the Shetland and Orkney islands. Only the elder daughter of the Troil family wants to preserve the old ways, and vowing to marry only a "sea-king," favors a shipwrecked captain. Her father's cousin wishes her to marry Mordaunt, secretly believing him to be her long-lost son; Mordaunt though loves the younger daughter. Both men are driven from the Troils; Mordaunt is grievously injured and the captain is arrested for piracy. |
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... stones the blood of the victims flowed - where stood the dark - browed priest - where the crested chiefs , who ... Stone , as it is called , a relique of antiquity , which strangers look on with curiosity , and the natives with awe ...
... stones the blood of the victims flowed - where stood the dark - browed priest - where the crested chiefs , who ... Stone , as it is called , a relique of antiquity , which strangers look on with curiosity , and the natives with awe ...
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... Stone . * I feared not the apparition , * Dr Wallace gives the following account of this curi- osity : " There is in Hoy , lying betwixt two hills , a stone called the Dwarfie Stone , which is one entire rock , thirty- six feet long ...
... Stone . * I feared not the apparition , * Dr Wallace gives the following account of this curi- osity : " There is in Hoy , lying betwixt two hills , a stone called the Dwarfie Stone , which is one entire rock , thirty- six feet long ...
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... Stone , with mine eyes fixed on the Ward - hill , which rises above that gloomy valley , I have distinguished , among the dark rocks , that wonderful carbuncle , which gleams ruddy as a furnace to them who view it from beneath , but has ...
... Stone , with mine eyes fixed on the Ward - hill , which rises above that gloomy valley , I have distinguished , among the dark rocks , that wonderful carbuncle , which gleams ruddy as a furnace to them who view it from beneath , but has ...
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... stone , ( i . e . the Dwarfie Stone , ) stands an exceeding high mountain of a steep as- cent , called the Wart - Hill of Hoy , near the top of which , in the months of May , June , and July , about midnight , is seen something that ...
... stone , ( i . e . the Dwarfie Stone , ) stands an exceeding high mountain of a steep as- cent , called the Wart - Hill of Hoy , near the top of which , in the months of May , June , and July , about midnight , is seen something that ...
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... Stone , with my eyes fixed on the Ward - Hill , whence the mysterious and ever- burning carbuncle shed its rays more brightly than usual , and repined in my heart at the re- stricted bounds of human knowledge , that at length I could ...
... Stone , with my eyes fixed on the Ward - Hill , whence the mysterious and ever- burning carbuncle shed its rays more brightly than usual , and repined in my heart at the re- stricted bounds of human knowledge , that at length I could ...
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amongst ancient answered arms believe betwixt boats bosom Bryce Snaelsfoot Burgh Westra called Captain Cleveland Claud Halcro dame dance dare dark daugh daughters daunt deep dwarf Dwarfie Stone Erlend fair father fear fish Fitful-head glorious John guests hand hastily hear heard heart Heaven Hialtland honest islands jagger Jarlshoff John Dryden kinswoman Kirkwall knew lads Lady Glowrowrum land laugh Lerwick look lover Magnus Troil maiden manner Master Mordaunt mind Minna Troil Mistress Mordaunt Mertoun Nereid never Norna Norse Norsemen Odin old Norse Orkney pause poor Ranzelman replied Cleveland rhime rock rude Saint Magnus Scambester scarce seemed shew shore sister smile speak spoke stranger Swertha tacksman tale tell thee thing thou thought Thule tide tion tone Triptolemus Udaller usual voice Voluspa waves whale wild wind word yawl Yellowley young Zetland
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