| Anne MacVicar Grant - Highlands (Scotland). - 1811 - 690 pages
...meanest of his vassals, might nevertheless be a very tolerable model for the manners of his clan. Nothing can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea, that...followers with relentless cruelty and rigorous oppression. He was, on the contrary, the father of his people : gracious, condescending, and beloved, far from... | |
| Anne MacVicar Grant - Folklore - 1811 - 324 pages
...were let loose upon adverse To his own he was always partial and indulgent ; and should he be even ferocious in disposition, or weak in understanding,...curbed and directed by the elders of his tribe, who, by in^ violable custom, were his standing counsellors, without whose advice no measure of any kind was... | |
| 1812 - 560 pages
...prevalent that a Highland Chief was an ignorant and unprincipled tyrant, 24 SELECT REVIEWS OF LITERATUKE. who rewarded the abject submission of his followers with relentless cruelty and rigorous oppression. He was, on the conti-ary, the father of his people: gracious, condescending, and ijeloved. Far from... | |
| Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 562 pages
...of his vassals, might, nevertheless, be a very tolerable model for the manners of his clan. Nothing can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea, that...followers with relentless cruelty and rigorous oppression. He was, on the contrary, the father of his people: gracious, condescending, and ueloved. Far from being... | |
| James Browne - Clans - 1838 - 558 pages
...music."— Journey to the Western '-lands. \ Stewart's Sketches, i. 40, &c — Dalrymple's Memoirs. " can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea, that...whose advice no measure of any kind was decided." * It cannot, however, be denied, that the authority of the chief was naturally arbitrary, and was sometimes... | |
| James Browne - Clans - 1843 - 546 pages
...— Journey to the ll'mfcr* Islanrli. t Stewart's Sketches, i. 4fi, &c. — Dalrymple's Memoirs. " can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea, that...disposition, or weak in understanding, he was curbed ami directed by the elders of his tribe, who, by inviolable custom, were his standing counsellors,... | |
| James Browne - Clans - 1849 - 570 pages
...Sketches, I. 40, &c. — Dulryinplc's Memoirs. " can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea, tli.it a Highland chief was an ignorant and unprincipled...counsellors, without whose advice no measure of any kind vais decided." * It cannot, however, be denied, that the authority of the chief was naturally arbitrary,... | |
| T NELSON AND SONS - 1876 - 282 pages
...chieftains now?"—Page 19. Nothing can bo more erroneous than the prevalent idea that a Highland chicf was an ignorant and unprincipled tyrant, who rewarded...counsellors, without whose advice no measure of any kind was decided.—MRS. GRANT, Superstitions of the Highlanders. c " And where the minstrel bard, whose welcome... | |
| A. Young - English poetry - 1876 - 278 pages
...the North Highlands, p. 222. 3 " Where are thy trusty clans and chieftains now?" — Page 1g. Nothing can be more erroneous than the prevalent idea that...ferocious in disposition or weak in understanding, he wag curbed and directed by the elders of his tribe, who, by inviolable custom, were his standing counsellors,... | |
| David Stewart - Highlands (Scotland) - 1885 - 442 pages
...where his grave is preserved in its original state by Dr Macintyre, the venerable pastor of Glenorchy. and thus, instead of complaining of the difference...counsellors, without whose advice no measure of any kind was decided."t But though the sway of the chief was thus mild in practice, it was in its nature arbitrary,... | |
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