A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, by Dr Samuel JohnsonW. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775 - 192 ページ |
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... the fea - fide the horses , of which they were the owners . One of them was a man of great liveliness and activity , of whom his companion said , that that he would tire any horfe in Inverness . Both WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 59.
... the fea - fide the horses , of which they were the owners . One of them was a man of great liveliness and activity , of whom his companion said , that that he would tire any horfe in Inverness . Both WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 59.
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... said a fhilling was enough . We gave her half a crown , and I hope got fome credit by our behaviour ; for the com- pany faid , if our interpreters did not flat- ter us , that they had not seen such a day fince the old laird of Macleod ...
... said a fhilling was enough . We gave her half a crown , and I hope got fome credit by our behaviour ; for the com- pany faid , if our interpreters did not flat- ter us , that they had not seen such a day fince the old laird of Macleod ...
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... said that by digging , an urn is always found under these cairnes : they must therefore have been thus piled by a people whose custom was to burn the dead . To pile stones is , I believe , a northern custom , and to burn the body was ...
... said that by digging , an urn is always found under these cairnes : they must therefore have been thus piled by a people whose custom was to burn the dead . To pile stones is , I believe , a northern custom , and to burn the body was ...
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... said he , are the walls of a place of refuge , built in the time of James the Sixth , by Hugh Macdonald , who was next heir to the dignity and fortune of his chief . Hugh , being fo near his wish , was impa- tient of delay ; and had art ...
... said he , are the walls of a place of refuge , built in the time of James the Sixth , by Hugh Macdonald , who was next heir to the dignity and fortune of his chief . Hugh , being fo near his wish , was impa- tient of delay ; and had art ...
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... said that a great family had a Bard and a Senachi , who were the poet and hifto- rian of the houfe ; and an old gentleman told me that he remembered one of each , Here was a dawn of intelligence . Of men that had lived within memory ...
... said that a great family had a Bard and a Senachi , who were the poet and hifto- rian of the houfe ; and an old gentleman told me that he remembered one of each , Here was a dawn of intelligence . Of men that had lived within memory ...
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