The PirateJ. M. Dent & Company, 1906 - 466 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ancient answered arms ashore Baby beautiful better betwixt boat boatswain Brenda Bryce Snailsfoot Burgh-Westra called Captain Cleveland Claud Halcro command crew dance dark daughters of Magnus Dick Fletcher eyes fair father favour fear fellow Fitful Head gentlemen of fortune glorious John Goffe guests hand hear heard heart Heaven honest honour islands isles jagger Jarlshof Kirkwall land Lerwick look Magnus Troil maiden mansion Master melancholy mind Minna Troil Mistress Mordaunt Mertoun mother natural never night Norna Norse occasion old Norse once Orcadian Orkney pedlar pirate poor Provost Ranzelman replied Mordaunt rock rude sail Saint Magnus scarce Scotland seemed shore sister sloop song speak spirit spoke stood stranger Sumburgh Head Swertha tell thee thou thought tion tone Triptolemus Udaller vessel voice waves wild wind woman wonder words Yellowley young youth Zetland
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 60 - 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.
Seite 127 - I fear, too early : for my mind misgives, Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels...
Seite 272 - A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Seite 162 - 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.
Seite 28 - 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.
Seite 207 - I the voice you hear, Has left its last soft tone with you, — Its next must join the seaward cheer, And shout among the shouting crew.