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... classes , who ought to have felt more truly , are chiefly responsible . From a residence of some years in the Western Highlands , and a habit of feeling the pulse of various persons and classes in reference to Celtic.
... classes , who ought to have felt more truly , are chiefly responsible . From a residence of some years in the Western Highlands , and a habit of feeling the pulse of various persons and classes in reference to Celtic.
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John Stuart Blackie. pulse of various persons and classes in reference to Celtic matters , I became deeply convinced that some attempt should be made to remedy a state of things so disgraceful to our character as an educated people ; but ...
John Stuart Blackie. pulse of various persons and classes in reference to Celtic matters , I became deeply convinced that some attempt should be made to remedy a state of things so disgraceful to our character as an educated people ; but ...
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... persons had their etymological history no less than names of places ; and a very cursory inspection of the Glasgow Directory raised to a certainty the awakened suspicion that not a few of those who counted themselves Saxons , whose ...
... persons had their etymological history no less than names of places ; and a very cursory inspection of the Glasgow Directory raised to a certainty the awakened suspicion that not a few of those who counted themselves Saxons , whose ...
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... person who knows anything . A large number , indeed , of current fallacies sported on all public questions might be conveniently ticketed under the cate- gory - apologies for doing nothing . It is so comfortable to sit on your easy ...
... person who knows anything . A large number , indeed , of current fallacies sported on all public questions might be conveniently ticketed under the cate- gory - apologies for doing nothing . It is so comfortable to sit on your easy ...
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... persons who are expected to go out of their way to learn a foreign language , but with those who , having a native language at their fireside , go out of their way to neglect , to disown , and to forget it . As to the literature , we ...
... persons who are expected to go out of their way to learn a foreign language , but with those who , having a native language at their fireside , go out of their way to neglect , to disown , and to forget it . As to the literature , we ...
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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 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