| Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 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,...depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and the reverence for their chiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of their country,... | |
| Donald Fraser Campbell, Douglas F. Campbell, R. A. MacLean - 1974 - 340 σελίδες
...opportunities, exacerbated by changes in the social structure, was the main reason for the exodus. "Of what they had before the late conquest of their country there remains only their language and their poverty.23 The need of meat for the British armies saw much of... | |
| Günther Blaicher - 1987 - 386 σελίδες
...System of antiquated fife. The clans retain little now of their original character, their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished...subdued, and their reverence for their chiefs abated. . . . Such is the effect of the late regulations, that a larger journey than to the Highlands must... | |
| Peter France - 1992 - 268 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,...depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and the reverence for their chiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of their country,... | |
| Donald MacKay - 1996 - 282 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,...depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and the reverence for their chiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of their country,... | |
| Barry M. Gough - 1997 - 260 σελίδες
...rare insight into the times: "The clans retain little now of their original character, their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...there remain only their language and their poverty." This last observation was quite true, for Alexander Mackenzie's family was downwardly mobile, and rapidly... | |
| Leith Davis - 1998 - 240 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,...there remain only their language and their poverty. (9: 57) Johnson betrays a feeling of regret for the changes that have happened in the Highlands, if... | |
| Saree Makdisi - 1998 - 272 σελίδες
...cultural politics of dispossession The clans retain little now of their original character, their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and the reverence for their chiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of their country,... | |
| Roxann Wheeler - 2000 - 388 σελίδες
...they retain traces of savage manners: "The clans retain little now ot their original character. . . . Of what they had before the late conquest of their...there remain only their language and their poverty. . . . That their poverty is gradually abated, cannot be mentioned among the unpleasing consequences... | |
| Roy Porter - 2000 - 772 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,...depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and the reverence for their chiefs abated.72 Remarkable developments attended the post-Union decades. Early... | |
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