Novels and Romances of the Author of Waverley, Том 1Archibald Constable & Company, Edinburgh, and Hurst, Robinson & Company, London, 1824 |
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Sir Walter Scott. a wall of some sort or other , it is scarce possible to raise even the most ordinary culinary vegetables ; and as for shrubs or trees , they are entirely out of the question , such is the force of the sweeping sea ...
Sir Walter Scott. a wall of some sort or other , it is scarce possible to raise even the most ordinary culinary vegetables ; and as for shrubs or trees , they are entirely out of the question , such is the force of the sweeping sea ...
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... scarce knew the stem of a ship from the stern ; and in the ma- nagement of a boat , a cow could not be more ig- norant . It seemed astonishing such gross igno- rance of the most necessary art of life , ( in the Zet- land Isles at least ...
... scarce knew the stem of a ship from the stern ; and in the ma- nagement of a boat , a cow could not be more ig- norant . It seemed astonishing such gross igno- rance of the most necessary art of life , ( in the Zet- land Isles at least ...
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... scarce , ” he said , " even the most necessary articles of furni- ture in the old house - there was no society with- in many miles for provisions , the principal article of food would be sour sillocks , and his only com- pany gulls and ...
... scarce , ” he said , " even the most necessary articles of furni- ture in the old house - there was no society with- in many miles for provisions , the principal article of food would be sour sillocks , and his only com- pany gulls and ...
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... scarce a merk - scarce even an ure of land , would be in possession of the Norse inhabitants , the true Udallers * of Zetland , " he recollected the circumstances of his guest , and * The Udallers are the allodial possessors of Zetland ...
... scarce a merk - scarce even an ure of land , would be in possession of the Norse inhabitants , the true Udallers * of Zetland , " he recollected the circumstances of his guest , and * The Udallers are the allodial possessors of Zetland ...
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... scarce - seen heap of stones that bristled over the projecting cape , as the dun or castle of some potent earl or noted pirate ; the distant and solitary grey stone on the lonely moor , as marking the grave of a hero ; the wild THE ...
... scarce - seen heap of stones that bristled over the projecting cape , as the dun or castle of some potent earl or noted pirate ; the distant and solitary grey stone on the lonely moor , as marking the grave of a hero ; the wild THE ...
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ancient answered arms betwixt boats Brenda Bryce Snaelsfoot Burgh-Westra called Captain Cleveland Claud Halcro dance dark daunt Drows fair father favour fear fish Fitful-head folks frae guests hand hear heard heart Heaven islands jagger Jarlshof John Dryden Kirkwall Lady Glowrowrum land Lerwick look Magnus Troil maidens mair Maister Mordaunt manner mansion master maun mind Minna Troil Mistress Baby Mordaunt Mertoun never Norna Norse Norsemen occasion Odin old Norse once Orkney pedlar racter Ranzelman replied Mordaunt rock Saint Saint Magnus Saint Ninian scarce Scotland seemed shew shore sister song speak stood stranger sure Swertha tacksman tell thee ther thing thou thought Thule tide tion tolemus tone Triptolemus Udaller usual vessel voice waves weel wild wind woman words Yellowley young youth Zetland
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