The Language and Literature of the Scottish HighlandsEdmonston&Douglas, 1876 - 331 pages |
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admiration ancient ballads bard beautiful belongs blood boatie bonnie brae brave Campbell Celt Celtic character Clan classical deer Donald Dorain doubt Dugald Buchanan Duncan Ban Edinburgh English fashion father Fingal Gael Gaelic language Gaidheal Gairloch genius German glen Greek green grey heart heather Highland Homer Iain Lom intellectual island James Macpherson John Kilmallie lairds land Latin learned literary literature living Loch Loch Maree Loch Nell look Lord Lowland lyric poetry lyrical M'Donald Mackenzie Macleod Macpherson Mary matter modern mountain native natural Neath never noble North Uist notable O'er original Ossian peculiar persons poems poet poetical poetry popular praise present rich Rob Donn roots Sanscrit Saxon Scotland Scottish Scottish Highlands sing Skye song sorrow soul stout Teutonic thee things thou tion tongue translation verb verses vowel wise words young