The Celtic Magazine, Volume 2Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain A. and W. Mackenzie, 1877 - Clans |
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... English ... XII . Mort nan Leodach agus Latha na Luinge - Battle at Raasay , between the Macleods and the Mackenzies . In Gaelic XIII . Freiceadan a Choire Dhuibh , and Tigh Dige nan Gorm - ghlac — A Gaelic Poem XIV . Uisdean Mor Mac ...
... English ... XII . Mort nan Leodach agus Latha na Luinge - Battle at Raasay , between the Macleods and the Mackenzies . In Gaelic XIII . Freiceadan a Choire Dhuibh , and Tigh Dige nan Gorm - ghlac — A Gaelic Poem XIV . Uisdean Mor Mac ...
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... English word " loop " is used as , perhaps , the best to represent the far more expressive Gaelic word luib , which is applied to windings or bends of rivers , There in a melee dunch and strive ; The veterans THE CELTIC MAGAZINE . 13.
... English word " loop " is used as , perhaps , the best to represent the far more expressive Gaelic word luib , which is applied to windings or bends of rivers , There in a melee dunch and strive ; The veterans THE CELTIC MAGAZINE . 13.
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... English mares , with hempen bridles , shall be led round the back of Tomnahurich . ) It is quite possible that a man of penetration and great natural shrewdness might , from the appearance of the country , with its chain of great inland ...
... English mares , with hempen bridles , shall be led round the back of Tomnahurich . ) It is quite possible that a man of penetration and great natural shrewdness might , from the appearance of the country , with its chain of great inland ...
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... English phrases , that , in order to preserve it , we shall give them here word for word as they were recited on the occasion . Certain very expressive words peculiar to the district will be noticed , and it will be remarked that the ...
... English phrases , that , in order to preserve it , we shall give them here word for word as they were recited on the occasion . Certain very expressive words peculiar to the district will be noticed , and it will be remarked that the ...
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... English reader : - - " Once upon a time , there lived a powerful man -- Iain Mac Iain Uidhir - in the Carr of Kintail , and when he heard such aliens ( The Mac- Beaths ) resided in the Island of Loch Tolly , he thought within himself on ...
... English reader : - - " Once upon a time , there lived a powerful man -- Iain Mac Iain Uidhir - in the Carr of Kintail , and when he heard such aliens ( The Mac- Beaths ) resided in the Island of Loch Tolly , he thought within himself on ...
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Page 34 - I tell you, captain, — if you look in the maps of the 'orld, I warrant you shall find, in the comparisons between Macedon and Monmouth, that the situations, look you, is both alike. There is a river in Macedon ; and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth...
Page 309 - the graceful mien and manly looks," which our popular Scotch song has justly attributed to that character. He had his Tartan plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black...
Page 459 - Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Page 171 - Seaforth will, ere many generations have passed, end in extinction and in sorrow. I see a chief, the last of his house ; both deaf and dumb. He will be the father of four fair sons, all of whom he will follow to the tomb. He will live careworn and die mourning, knowing that the...
Page 263 - By pretension to Second Sight, no profit was ever sought or gained. It is an involuntary affection, in which neither hope nor fear are known to have any part.
Page 460 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...
Page 459 - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
Page 260 - Hood," wrote Sir Walter Scott to Mr. Morritt, " will now be ' Cabarfeidh ' herself. She has the spirit of a chieftainess in every drop of her blood, but there are few situations in which the cleverest women are so apt to be imposed upon as in the management of landed property, more especially of a Highland estate. I do fear the accomplishment of the prophecy that, when there should be a deaf' Cabarfeidh,
Page 351 - She look'd at a boat, with the breezes that swung Away on the wave, like a bird of the main ; And aye as it lessen'd, she sigh'd, and she sung, Fareweel to the lad I shall ne'er see again...
Page 350 - We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald and his lady Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour.