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" And, lastly, they have an adherence one to another as Highlanders in opposition to the people of the low country, whom they despise as inferior to them in courage, and believe they have a right to plunder them whenever it is in their power. This last... "
The Celtic Monthly: A Magazine for Highlanders - Page 167
1899
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Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to His Friend in ..., Volume 2

Edward Burt - 1822 - 394 pages
...they have an adherence one to another as Highlanders, in opposition to the people of the Low-country, whom they despise as inferior to them in courage,...tradition, that the Lowlands, in old times, were the possession of their ancestors. If the truth of this opinion of theirs stood in need of any evidence,...
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The Highlanders of Scotland: Their Origin, History, and ..., Volume 1

William Forbes Skene - 1837 - 330 pages
...variance. They likewise owe good will to such clans as they esteem to be their particular well wishers. And, lastly, they have an adherence one to another...Lowlands in old times were the possessions of their ancestors. " The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his vassals, determines alt differences...
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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, Volume 4

James Browne - 1838 - 532 pages
...clans as they esteem to be their particular well-wishers. And, lastly, they have an adherence to one another as Highlanders in opposition to the people...Lowlands, in old times, were the possessions of their ancestors. " The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his vassals, deterlu,'in all differences...
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A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and ..., Volume 2, Part 1

Sir John Scott Keltie - 1875 - 302 pages
...they esteem to be their particular well-wishers. And, lastly, they have an adherence to one another aa Highlanders in opposition to the people of the low...them in courage, and believe they have a right to plnnder them whenever it is in their power. This last arises from a tradition that the Lowlands, in...
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Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in ..., Volume 2

Edward Burt - 1876 - 378 pages
...they have an Adherence one to another as Highlanders, in Opposition to the People of the Low-Country, whom they despise as inferior to them in Courage,...Tradition, that the Lowlands, in old Times were the Possession of their Ancestors. If the Truth of this Opinion of theirs stood in Need of any Evidence,...
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Burt's Letters from the North of Scotland: With Facsimiles of the ..., Volume 2

Edward Burt - 1876 - 408 pages
...they have an Adherence one to another as Highlanders, in Opposition to the People of the Low-Country, whom they despise as inferior to them in Courage,...Tradition, that the Lowlands, in old Times were the Possession of their Ancestors. If the Truth of this Opinion of theirs stood in Need of any Evidence,...
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The Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information, Volume 2

John Merry Ross - 1877 - 625 pages
...those of any other tribe with whom they are at variance. . . . Lastly, they have an adherence to one another as Highlanders, in opposition to the people...despise as inferior to th,em in courage, and believe that they have a right to plunder them whenever it is in their power. This last arises from a tradition...
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Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban, Volume 3

William Forbes Skene - 1890 - 558 pages
...the p. I. A few unnecessary expres\nflJ, of Scotland in 1726, vol. ii. sinus have been omitted. tion to the people of the Low Country, whom they despise...tradition that the Lowlands, in old times, were the possession of their ancestors. The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his vassals, determines...
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The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History ..., Volume 2

John Clark Ridpath - 1897 - 500 pages
...against those of any other tribe with whom they are at variance. Lastly, they have an adherence to one another as Highlanders, in opposition to the people of the Low Country, whom they once despised as inferior to them in courage, and believed that they had a right to plunder them whenever...
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Source-book of English History: For the Use of Schools and Readers

Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 526 pages
...they have an Adherence one to another as Highlanders, in Opposition to the People of the Low-Country, whom they despise as inferior to them in Courage,...Tradition, that the Lowlands, in old Times were the Possession of their Ancestors. . . . The Chief exercises an arbitrary Authority over his Vassals, determines...
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