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Page 140
... chief annual magistrate has not still the title of lord provost . At Nairn we may fix the verge of the Highlands ; for here I first saw peat fires , and first heard the Erse language . We had no motive to stay longer 140 A JOURNEY TO ...
... chief annual magistrate has not still the title of lord provost . At Nairn we may fix the verge of the Highlands ; for here I first saw peat fires , and first heard the Erse language . We had no motive to stay longer 140 A JOURNEY TO ...
Page 203
... chief records of an illiterate nation . In some part of this journey , at no great distance from our way , stood a shattered fortress , of which the learned minister , to whose communication we are much indebted , gave us an account ...
... chief records of an illiterate nation . In some part of this journey , at no great distance from our way , stood a shattered fortress , of which the learned minister , to whose communication we are much indebted , gave us an account ...
Page 225
... chiefs , and a strong con- viction of their own importance . Their pride has been crushed by the heavy hand of a ... chief has lost his formidable ret- inue ; and the Highlander walks his heath unarmed and defenceless , with the ...
... chiefs , and a strong con- viction of their own importance . Their pride has been crushed by the heavy hand of a ... chief has lost his formidable ret- inue ; and the Highlander walks his heath unarmed and defenceless , with the ...
Contents
Lives of Eminent Persons continued PAGE | 1 |
A Journey to the Hebrides | 114 |
The Vision of Theodore the Hermit of Teneriffe | 324 |
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