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... Kirkwall ! — Thence oft he marked fierce Pentland rave , As if grim Odinn rode her wave ; And watched , the whilst , with visage pale , And throbbing heart , the struggling sail ; N For all of wonderful and wild Had rapture for the ...
... Kirkwall ! — Thence oft he marked fierce Pentland rave , As if grim Odinn rode her wave ; And watched , the whilst , with visage pale , And throbbing heart , the struggling sail ; N For all of wonderful and wild Had rapture for the ...
Page 339
... Kirkwall . - P . 193 . The castle of Kirkwall was built by the St Clairs , while Earls of Orkney . It was dismantled by the Earl of Caithness about 1615 , having been garrisoned against the government by Robert Stewart , natural son to ...
... Kirkwall . - P . 193 . The castle of Kirkwall was built by the St Clairs , while Earls of Orkney . It was dismantled by the Earl of Caithness about 1615 , having been garrisoned against the government by Robert Stewart , natural son to ...
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... Kirkwall . “ I had occasion to entertain myself at Kirkwall with the melancholie prospect of the ruins of an old castle , the seat of the old Earls of Orkney , my ancestors ; and of a more melan- choly reflection , of so great and noble ...
... Kirkwall . “ I had occasion to entertain myself at Kirkwall with the melancholie prospect of the ruins of an old castle , the seat of the old Earls of Orkney , my ancestors ; and of a more melan- choly reflection , of so great and noble ...
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