This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ...he had risen from the wave, or darted out of the storm, was at first struck with terror, and then with curiosity. " Are you the king of the country?" demanded she. " I am king of my own territory." " But you have a sovereign above you?" "Macdonald is lord of the Isles--I am lord of Duart." The princess of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ...he had risen from the wave, or darted out of the storm, was at first struck with terror, and then with curiosity. " Are you the king of the country?" demanded she. " I am king of my own territory." " But you have a sovereign above you?" "Macdonald is lord of the Isles--I am lord of Duart." The princess of Spain entered the monastery of lona, leaning upon the arm of the lord of Duart. It was at last time to return homewards; and, troubled and dejected, the young lady, in order to obey the behests of her father, proceeded first to visit, as a sort of ambassadress, the lord of the isles. Maclean durst not enter Dunstaffnage, there being a feud between him and Macdonald, and as he slowly retired, he exclaimed, with a bitter sigh--" The king of the country! She will now see him! O woman! woman!" The lord of the isles was not less smitten with the princess than the other island lords, but he did not content himself with gazing and sighing like the bold Maclean. He made love in due form, and was refused. He persisted, but all in vain. " Time will bring her round," said he; and the princess found herself a prisoner. When Maclean heard of this consummation of his lady's visit, he was half distracted between rage and joy. The wrath of the mountaineer is hasty in its effects--and sometimes, indeed, it is felt in vengeance 132 CONFUSION. before being heard in threats, just as the stroke of the thunder precedes its roar. The same night he surprised the castle of Dunstaffnage, and carried off the princess and the lord of the Isles together. So far all was well. The hurry and bustle of the scene had unlocked Maclean's tongue, and the damsel's heart. The lovers understood one another, and in the lonely towers of Duart they had time to talk of love. But what was...
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