| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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