 | 1816 - 658 σελίδες
...appearance, and a system of antiquated life: the clans re' tain little now of their original character; of what they had ' before the late conquest of their...country, there remain only ' their language and their poverty.'J In order therefore to form correct ideas of this subject, we must transfer ourselves back... | |
 | Edward Burt - 1822 - 394 σελίδες
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished...country, there remain only their language and their poverty.—Johnson's Journey, Works, vol. viii. 334. one cause of their narrow adherence among themselves,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 444 σελίδες
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...independence is depressed, their contempt of government is subdued, and their reverence for thenchiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 608 σελίδες
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...Their language is attacked on every side. Schools arc erected, in which English only is taught, and there were lately some who thought it reasonable... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 σελίδες
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...Their language is attacked on every side. Schools arc erected, in which English only is taught, and there were lately some who thought it reasonable... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 622 σελίδες
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...remain only their language and their poverty. Their on. ewrr side. Schools are erected. 12 .-a imv _» -amrht, and diere were lately some "iiorunir .1... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 σελίδες
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...before the late conquest of their country, there remain ouly their language and their poverty. Their i £ language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected,... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1835 - 348 σελίδες
...vol. 46. p. 77—88. i Johnson, Journey to the Hebrides, p. 277. speaking of the Highlanders says, " Of what they had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their langunge and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected, in which... | |
 | Sir Owen Morgan Edwards - 1896 - 684 σελίδες
...— THE NEW CODE AND THE SOCIETY'S DUTY TOWARDS IT — WALES HAS CLUNG TO ITS LANGUAGE NOT IN VAIN. " '"THEIR language is attacked on every •*• side. Schools are erected in which English alone is taught, and there were lately some who thought it reasonable to refuse them a version of the... | |
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The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and their reverence for their chiefs... 
