The Pirate: A Romance, כרך 2James Crissy, 1826 |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Altamont amongst ancient arms ashore better betwixt blood boat Boatswain Brenda Bryce Snaelsfoot Burgh-Westra Captain Cleveland Claud Halcro Cleve command crew dare daugh daughters dear Derrick devil Dick Fletcher dwarf eyes fair farewell father favour fear fellow Fitful-head Fletcher folks Fortune's Favourite gentleman glorious John Goffe hand hear heard heart heaven honest honour island Jack Bunce Jarlshof kinswoman Kirkwall land look Magistrate Magnus Troil maiden manner Master Minna Troil Mordaunt Mertoun mother never old Norse Orcadian Orkney Pacolet pirate poor Provost replied Cleveland rover rude sail Saint Magnus Saint Ninians Saint Ronan scarce seemed ship sister sloop sorrow speak spirit spoke stood Stromness Bay Swertha Sybil tell thee ther thing thou thought tide tion tone Triptolemus turned Udaller Udaller's vessel voice whilk wild wind woman word Yellowley yonder young Zetland
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 66 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
עמוד 203 - Goes on to sea, and knows not to retire. With roomy decks, her guns of mighty strength, Whose low-laid mouths each mounting billow laves : Deep in her draught, and warlike in her length, She seems a sea-wasp flying on the waves.
עמוד 223 - The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; Mouths without hands, maintain'd at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence : Stout once a month they march, a blust'ring band; And ever, but in times of need, at hand...
עמוד 17 - There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell!
עמוד 247 - Now, Emma, now the last reflection make, What thou wouldst follow, what thou must forsake: By our ill-omen'd stars, and adverse Heaven, No middle object to thy choice is given.
עמוד 213 - Some of their chiefs were princes of the land; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand, A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome...
עמוד 77 - Nae langer she wept^— her tears were a' spent,— Despair it was come, and she thought it content; She thought it content, but her cheek it grew pale, And she droop'd, like a lily broke down by the hail.