The Pirate
Subtitle: The Works Of Sir Walter Scott
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 604
ISBN-13: 9780766187740
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; Fiction - General; Fiction; Literary
First sentence: THAT long, narrow, and irregular island, usually called the mainland of Zetland, because it is by far the largest of that Archipelago, terminates, as is well known to the mariners who navigate the stormy seas which surround the Thule of the ancients, in a cliff of immense height, entitled Sumburgh Head, which presents its bare scalp and naked sides to the weight of a tremendous surge, forming the extreme point of the isle to the south-east.