The PirateCaxton, 1897 - 404페이지 The Pirate is set in a remote part of Shetland, where Basil Mertoun lives as a tenant of Magnus Troil. In his youth, Mertoun has been betrayed by a faithless wife, and in a spirit of vengeance, turned to piracy. Filled with remorse for his crimes, he lives as a recluse, along with his wife's son Mordaunt, whose paternity is doubtful. |
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... Udaller , it augured well of the expedition if Mordaunt Mertoun could be prevailed upon to undertake the office of skudler , or leader of the band . Upon these occasions , full of fun and frolic , he led his retinue from house to house ...
... Udaller , it augured well of the expedition if Mordaunt Mertoun could be prevailed upon to undertake the office of skudler , or leader of the band . Upon these occasions , full of fun and frolic , he led his retinue from house to house ...
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... Udaller's great partiality to the youth was considered , nobody doubted that he might aspire to the hand of either of those distinguished beauties , with as large a share of islets , rocky moorland , and shore - fishings , as might be ...
... Udaller's great partiality to the youth was considered , nobody doubted that he might aspire to the hand of either of those distinguished beauties , with as large a share of islets , rocky moorland , and shore - fishings , as might be ...
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... Udaller had too much of the old Norse fire about it to render it safe for any one to become an unauthorised intermeddler with his family affairs ; and thus stood the relation of Mordaunt Mertoun to the family of Mr. Troil of Burgh ...
... Udaller had too much of the old Norse fire about it to render it safe for any one to become an unauthorised intermeddler with his family affairs ; and thus stood the relation of Mordaunt Mertoun to the family of Mr. Troil of Burgh ...
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... Udaller , " that when he lived among us , nobody ever made less use of it . " Mordaunt acquiesced both in what respected his father's taciturnity , and his dislike to general society ; but suggested , at the same time , that the first ...
... Udaller , " that when he lived among us , nobody ever made less use of it . " Mordaunt acquiesced both in what respected his father's taciturnity , and his dislike to general society ; but suggested , at the same time , that the first ...
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... Udaller , Magnus Troil , and the marriage - day is to be fixed whenever he makes choice ( set him up ! ) between the twa lasses ; and so it wad be as much as our good name is worth , and our quiet forby , to let him sit unserved ...
... Udaller , Magnus Troil , and the marriage - day is to be fixed whenever he makes choice ( set him up ! ) between the twa lasses ; and so it wad be as much as our good name is worth , and our quiet forby , to let him sit unserved ...
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