 | Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk - 1805 - 318 pages
...head of a whole clan; and the principal of a tribe, * derived from him, I shall call a chieftain. ' The ordinary Highlanders esteem it the most sublime...blind * obedience, although it be in opposition to the govern' ment, the laws of the kingdom, or even to the law of ' God. He is their idol; and as they profess... | |
 | Elizabeth Isabella Spence - 1817 - 744 pages
...regards his clan as his relation ;* hence there is more courtesy * "The ordinary Highlanders consider it the most sublime degree of virtue to love their chief, and pay him unbounded obedience, although it be in opposition to the government, the laws of the kingdom, or even... | |
 | Edward Burt - 1822 - 394 pages
...for the head of a whole clan, and the principal of a tribe derived from him I shall call a chieftain. The ordinary Highlanders esteem it the most sublime...in opposition to the government, the laws of * The larrd is the original owner of the land, whose natural power must be very great, where no man lives... | |
 | William Forbes Skene - 1837 - 330 pages
...quoting the passage. " The Highlanders are divided into tribes or clans, under chiefs or chieftains, and each clan again divided into branches from the...obedience, although it be in opposition to the government. Next to this love of their chief is that of the particular branch from whence they sprang ; and in... | |
 | James Browne - 1838 - 532 pages
...fidelity. " The Highlanders are divided into tribes or clans, under chiefs or chieftains, and each clan is again divided into branches from the main stock, who...obedience, although it be in opposition to the government. Next to this love of their chief is that of the particular branch whence they sprang ; and, in a third... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1861 - 646 pages
...excellent opportunities of studying their character between the rebellion of 1715 and that of 1745. writes, "The ordinary Highlanders esteem it the most sublime...be in opposition to the government, the laws of the kindgom, or even to the law of God. He is their idol; and as they profess to know no king but him (I... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1861 - 648 pages
...opportunities of studying their character between the rebellion of 1715 and that of 1745, writes, " The ordinary Highlanders esteem it the most sublime...be in opposition to the government, the laws of the kiiidgom, or even to the law of God. He is their idol ; and as //•••// profess to know no king... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1861 - 606 pages
...1745 zu studiren, schreibt: „The ordinary Highlandcrs esteem it the most sublime degree of virtuo to love their chief, and pay him a blind obedience,...the laws of the kingdom, or even to the law of God. He is their idol; and as they profess to know no king but him (I was going farther), so will they say,... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1864 - 660 pages
...opportunities of studying their character between the rebellion of 1715 and that of 1745, writes, " The ordinary Highlanders esteem it the most sublime degree of virtue to love their chief, mid pay him a blind obedience, although it be in opposition to the govi-n meut, the laws of the kingdom,... | |
 | John Shanks (of Elgin.) - 1866 - 284 pages
...North of Scotland to his Friend in London." "The ordinary Highlanders," says he, (voL ii., p. 91,) " esteem it the most sublime degree of virtue to love...the laws of the kingdom, or even to the law of God. He is their idol; and, as they profess to know no king but him, (/ was going further?) so will they... | |
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The ordinary Highlanders esteem it the most sublime Degree of Virtue to love their Chief, and pay him a blind Obedience, although it be in Opposition to the Government, the Laws of the Kingdom, or even to the Law of God. 
