The Pirate: A Romance, Том 2 |
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Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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!
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
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| Назва | The Pirate: A Romance, Том 2 The Pirate: A Romance, Walter Scott |
| Автор | Walter Scott |
| Видавець | James Crissy, 1826 |
| Оригінал із | Нью-Йоркська публічна бібліотека |
| Оцифровано | 24 січ. 2007 |
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