A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, المجلد 1A. Fullarton, 1849 - 503 من الصفحات |
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James Browne. whose principal business was to amuse the chieftain and his friends by reciting at entertainments , the immense stores of poetry which he had hoarded up in his memory , besides which he also preserved the gene- alogy , and ...
James Browne. whose principal business was to amuse the chieftain and his friends by reciting at entertainments , the immense stores of poetry which he had hoarded up in his memory , besides which he also preserved the gene- alogy , and ...
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... friends . The late captain John Macdonald of Breakish , a native of the island of Skye , declared upon oath , at the age of seventy - eight , that he could repeat , when a boy between twelve or fifteen years of age ( about the year 1740 ) ...
... friends . The late captain John Macdonald of Breakish , a native of the island of Skye , declared upon oath , at the age of seventy - eight , that he could repeat , when a boy between twelve or fifteen years of age ( about the year 1740 ) ...
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... friends . Under this patronage Mr. Macpherson set out on his literary journey to the Highlands in the year 1760 ; and during his tour he transmitted from time to time to Dr. Blair and his other literary friends , accounts of his ...
... friends . Under this patronage Mr. Macpherson set out on his literary journey to the Highlands in the year 1760 ; and during his tour he transmitted from time to time to Dr. Blair and his other literary friends , accounts of his ...
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... friends . " Queries for the Rev. Dr. John Chisholm , and for the Rev. James Macgillivray , to be answered separately . " 1. Did you recollect a manuscript of Gaelic poetry , at the college of Douay in Flanders ? " 2 At what time do you ...
... friends . " Queries for the Rev. Dr. John Chisholm , and for the Rev. James Macgillivray , to be answered separately . " 1. Did you recollect a manuscript of Gaelic poetry , at the college of Douay in Flanders ? " 2 At what time do you ...
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... friends of this , he used to repeat the Erse expressions , and to translate them literally , com- paring them with Macpherson's . This difference , however , he seemed to ascribe rather to the nature of the two languages , than to any ...
... friends of this , he used to repeat the Erse expressions , and to translate them literally , com- paring them with Macpherson's . This difference , however , he seemed to ascribe rather to the nature of the two languages , than to any ...
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