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Page 130 - Eraser-Mackintosh, has promised his hearty support. And now let me again thank you for the honour you have done me. I wish your Society a long and prosperous course, and desire that it may serve to promote largely the best interests of our much-loved Highlands. And in taking leave, let me say with the Gaelic bard : — " Gu meal sibh breth agus buaidh, Gu meal sibh uaill agus muirn, Gu meal sibh gach beannachd an cein, 'S mo bheannachd fein dhuibh air thus.
Page 16 - ... one of the most trite maxims of political science, that any class of persons, entrusted for long periods of time with unlimited and irresponsible power are sure to abuse it. Hence the gradual diminution of small proprietors, the absolute non-existence in Great Britain of one of the best classes in all communities, the peasant proprietors, and the maintenance of law of heritable succession, and certain forms of heritable conveyance, which practically tend to lock up the land in the hands of a...
Page 67 - Wi' spinning wheels, an' jokin' lads, An' ilka lassie's sang. At Hansel-Monday we had mirth, An' when the hairst was shorn The maidens cam' — 'twas cheerfu' aye, The toun where I was born. I maist could greet, I am sae wae — The very wa's are gane — The autumn-shilfa sits and chirps Upon ilk cauld hearthstane. Ae auld aiktree, or may be twa, Amang the wavin' corn, Is a' the mark that time has left 0
Page 115 - It is said some witches were discovered, but many honest men and women were bloated and broke by this trick. In Elgin there were two killed ; in Forres two ; and one, Isobel Duff, a rank witch, burned in Inverness. This Paterson came up to the Church of Wardlaw [Kirkhill], and within the church pricked fourteen women and one man, brought thither by The Chisholm of Comer, and four brought by Andrew Fraser, Chamberlain of Ferrintosh. He first polled all their heads, and amassed the heap of hair together,...
Page 111 - Many were their deeds of arms 'Gainst the swarms of Hyder Ali. The grim fort of Savendroog They refused not to adventure ; And the dizzy rock they scaled, "Which none dared before or after : And the Sahib's cruel power 'Neath Seringa's towers they buried.
Page 112 - Frenchmen saw them stand unbroken. On the day of Waterloo The pibroch blew where fire was hottest. When the Alma heights were stormed, Foremost went the Highland bonnets ; And before their " thin red line " The Cossack rider turned and vanished. When on India's burning plains Dearly saved was Britain's honour, Outram, Havelock, and Clyde, Led the Highlanders to conquest. Joyful...
Page 64 - san robh mi og. Anns a' ghleann 'san robh nii og, Anns a' ghleann 'san robh mi og, B'e mo mhiann a bhi 'san am sin, Anns a' ghleann 'san robh mi og. 'Sa mhaduinn 'n am dhuinn dusgadh, Bhiodh an driuchd air bharr an fheoir, A' chuthag a's gu-gug aic', Ann an coire dluth nan cno, Na laoigh og a' leum le sunnd, 'Sa cur smukl air feadh nan Ion, Ach cha'n fhaicir sin 'san am so, Anns a' ghleann 'san robh mi og. Anns a
Page 91 - Master's affairs, but was keeped as a poor mendicant ever since he came amongst that people ; that they had no inclination to do him the least duty herein though he had sought after it in the most peaceable manner that could be, as if, chameleon-like, he could live upon the aire.
Page 112 - As it was in days of yore, • So the story shall be ever : Where the doughtiest deeds are dared, Shall the Gael be forward pressing : Where the Highland broadsword waves, There shall graves be found the thickest. But when they have sheathed the sword, Then their glory is to succour ; Hearts that scorn the thought of fear Melt to tears at. touch of pity ; Hands that fiercest smite in war Have the warmest grasp for brothers : And beneath the tartan plaid Wife and maid find gentlest lover. Think, then,...
Page 118 - This order having been served upon the Chisholms, they and the ministers and gentlemen of Kilmorack and Kiltarlity sent the following " Supplication" to Edinburgh, and presented it to the Privy Council:—