THE genealogies of the Afghaun tribes may be paralleled with those of the Clans; the nature of their favourite sports, their love of their native land, their hospitality, their address, their simplicity of manners, exactly correspond. Their superstitions... Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban - Page 454by William Forbes Skene - 1880Full view - About this book
| Sir Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 402 pages
...done; and the fact is commemorated in the well-known tune of triumph called Lesley among the Leiths. The genealogies of the Afghaun tribes may be paralleled...Their superstitions are the same, or nearly so. The GhoMe Beabaun (demons of the desert) resemble the Boddach of the Highlanders, who “walked the heath... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1835 - 584 pages
...done ; and the fact is commemorated in the well-known tune of triumph called Lesley among the Leiths. The genealogies of the Afghaun tribes may be paralleled...Their superstitions are the same, or nearly so. The GhoUe JBeabaun (demons of the desert) resemble the Boddach of the Highlanders, who " walked the heath... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 460 pages
...absolute submission paid to them by their clans, and the want of frequent intercourse with persons of The genealogies of the Afghaun tribes may be paralleled...Their superstitions are the same, or nearly so. The Gholee Beabaun (demons of the desert) resemble the Boddach of the Highlanders, who " walked the heath... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 456 pages
...absolute submission paid to them by their clans, and the want of frequent intercourse with persons of The genealogies of the Afghaun tribes may be paralleled...their simplicity of manners exactly correspond. Their superstition's are the same, or nearly so. The Gholee Beabaun (demons of the desert) resemble the Boddach... | |
| Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1848 - 418 pages
...done; and the fact is commemorated in the well-known tune of triumph called Lesley among the Leit/is. The genealogies of the Afghaun tribes may be paralleled...their favourite sports, their love of their native hand, their hospitality, their address, their simplicity of manners exactly correspond. Their superstitions... | |
| Walter Scott - Clans - 1856 - 242 pages
...triumph culled Lesley among the Leiths. The genealogies of tlie Afglmun tribes may be paralleled wilh those of the clans ; the nature of their favourite...Their superstitions are the same, or nearly so. The Gholee Beabaun (demons of the desert) resemble the Boddach of the Highlanders, who " walked the heath... | |
| David Richards - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 366 pages
...Review and to which he frequently returned: ‘The genealogies of Afgauni tribes may be parallelled with those of the clans; the nature of their favourite...address, their simplicity of manners exactly correspond.' tm Such superficial comparisons are, for Scott, sanctioned nonetheless by an even deeper level of structural... | |
| Walter Scott - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 196 pages
...commemorated in the well-known tune of triumph called Lesly among the Laths. The genealogies of the Afghan tribes may be paralleled with those of the clans;...Their superstitions are the same, or nearly so. The Cholee Beabaun (demons of the desert) resemble the Boddach of the Highlanders, who "walked the heath... | |
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