A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, Volume 2A. Leathley, J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, D. Chamberlain, W. Sleater, J. Potts, T. Ewing, W. Wilson, R. Moncrieffe, and C. Jenkin, 1775 - Hebrides (Scotland) - 384 pages |
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... money has been brought a- mongst them , they have found , like others , the art of spending more than they receive ; and I faw with grief the chief of a very an- cient cient clan , whofe Ifland was condemned by law to 26 A JOURNEY TO THE.
... money has been brought a- mongst them , they have found , like others , the art of spending more than they receive ; and I faw with grief the chief of a very an- cient cient clan , whofe Ifland was condemned by law to 26 A JOURNEY TO THE.
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Samuel Johnson. cient clan , whofe Ifland was condemned by law to be fold for the fatisfaction of his creditors . The name ... Clan , and his tenants commonly bore his live B 2 name . name . And to these principles of original command was ...
Samuel Johnson. cient clan , whofe Ifland was condemned by law to be fold for the fatisfaction of his creditors . The name ... Clan , and his tenants commonly bore his live B 2 name . name . And to these principles of original command was ...
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... clans knew no law but the Laird's will . He told them to whom they fhould be friends or enemies , what King they should obey , and ... clan immediately deserted to him . Next Next in dignity to the Laird is the Tackfman ; 28 A JOURNEY TO THE.
... clans knew no law but the Laird's will . He told them to whom they fhould be friends or enemies , what King they should obey , and ... clan immediately deserted to him . Next Next in dignity to the Laird is the Tackfman ; 28 A JOURNEY TO THE.
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... clans mur- mured , with fome appearance of justice , that after having defended the King they were forbidden for the future to defend themselves ; and that the fword should be forfeited , which had been legally em- ployed . Their cafe ...
... clans mur- mured , with fome appearance of justice , that after having defended the King they were forbidden for the future to defend themselves ; and that the fword should be forfeited , which had been legally em- ployed . Their cafe ...
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... clans were newly difu- nited from their Chiefs , and exasperated by unprecedented exactions , it is no won- der that they prevailed . C 2 Whether 7 Whether the mifchiefs of emigration were immediately perceived , WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 51.
... clans were newly difu- nited from their Chiefs , and exasperated by unprecedented exactions , it is no won- der that they prevailed . C 2 Whether 7 Whether the mifchiefs of emigration were immediately perceived , WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 51.
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againſt almoft bagpipe Bards becauſe Bofwell Bofwell's caftle cattle Chief clan confidered converfation cows curiofity daugh defire diftant domeftick eafily eafy Earfe eſtabliſhed fafe faid fame fecurity feems feen feven fhow fide firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fpread ftands ftate ftill ftock ftone ftrong fubjects fuch fuffered fufficiently fupplied fuppofed fword Griffipol ground Hebrides Highlands himſelf houfe houſe hundred Icolmkill Inch Kenneth increaſe inhabitants Iſlands labour ladies laft Laird land laſt lefs likewife lived Lochbuy Maclean meaſure Minifter moft moſt muft Mull muſt neceffary neceflity never obferved ourſelves paffage paffed perhaps pleaſe pleaſure prefent preferved queftion raiſed reaſon refided reft rent ſchool Scotland Second Sight ſeems ſeen ſhould Sir Allan ſmall ſome Staffa ſtanding ſtate ſtill ſtone Tackfman tenants thefe themſelves ther theſe thofe thoſe tion told truft Ulva univerfally uſe whofe whoſe