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" In the darkness of the night, and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals, was exquisitely mournful. No one could go to his assistance — no one knew where he was — the sound seemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters.... "
Memoir of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence of James Currie ... - Page 352
by William Wallace Currie - 1831
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1803 - 572 pages
...half an hour for assistance—till the tide rose over his head ! In the darkness of night, and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals, was exquisitely mournful. No one could go to his assistance—no one knew where he was—the sound itemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters....
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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 3

Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...of night, and amid the pauses " of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals, was ex" quisitely mournful. No one could go to his assistance " — no one knew where he was — the sound seemed to pro" ceed from the spirit of the waters. But morning rose — " the tide had ebbed — and the poor...
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The Stranger: A Literary Paper ..., Volume 1

1813 - 458 pages
...half an hour for assistance, 'till the tide rose over his head. In the darkness of night, and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice heard at intervals,...No one knew where he was. — The sound seemed to proceed from the Spirit of the waters. But morning rose, the tide had ebbed, and the poor traveller...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - 1814 - 494 pages
...for half an hour for assistancetill the tide rose over his head ! In the darkness of night, and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals,...— no one knew where he was — the sound seemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters. But morning rose— the tide had ebbed — and the poor , traveller...
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border: consisting of historical and ..., Volume 3

Scottish border - 1821 - 504 pages
...an hour for assistance— till the " tide rose over his head ! In the darkness of night, and " amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at "...no one knew where he was — the " sound seemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters. 'f But morning rose— the tide had ebbed — and the poor "...
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: Consisting of Historical and ..., Volume 3

Scott - 1821 - 516 pages
...hour for assistance — till the ' tide rose over his head ! In the darkness of night, and ' • amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at •...no one knew where he was — the " sound seemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters. " But morning rose — the tide had ebbed — and the poor "...
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The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts ...

James Mitchell - 1825 - 798 pages
...for half an hour for assistance, till the tide rose over his head. In the darkness of night, and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals,...one could go to his assistance, no one knew where In- WAS; the sound seemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters. But morning rose, the tide had...
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The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His ..., Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 pages
...an hour for assistance — till the tide rose over his head! In the darkness of the night and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice heard at intervals,...— no one knew where he was— the sound seemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters. But morning rose— the tide had ebbed— and the poor traveller...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: First Series, Containing Minstrelsy ...

Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...an hour for assistance — till the tide rose over his head ! ID the darkness of the night, and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals,...— no one knew where he was — the sound seemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters. But morning rose— the tide had ebbed — and the poor traveller...
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The parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales. 4 vols. [bound in 12 pt ...

England - 1840 - 232 pages
...half-an-hour for assistance — till the tide rose over hi« head 1 In the darkness of the night, and «mid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals,...— no one knew where he was — the sound seemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters. But morning rose — the tide had ebbed — and the poor traveller...
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