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lleògh-inm smèzd-a gàzr-a vn uaz'r ì3 chunn-aig e
\ìn t-e«o-'Bl 13 bha air ^n lluch, agus ìeig e as i.
(1) A lion was out hunting one «lay. (2) Tlie day was very waim, for there was
great heat in the sun. (3) He was tired, and fell asleep under the shadow of a tree.
<4) A little mouse was passing. (5) She ran across his nose and awakened him.
<6) He lifted up his paw and clapped it on the mouse. (7) He was about to kill her
for her boldness. (8) She was breathless and quakiug. (9) She pleaded with him,
and nnplored him to lei her off. (10) She said that she had no wish to annoy him,
that she was only a little, weak, trifling creature, and that it would he unworthy of
him to soil his foot with her blood. (11) The lion smiled when he saw how friglitened
the mouse was, and let her off.
(1) 1311 ceann ùm-o gho/r-id ^3n dez'dh so, aoii llà
V. bha mi lk'(5o:h-i?nii v st^alo- cha/dh \i' P'hlac-'Kdh
anil m\ rib-8. (2) lui muv 13 dh' /7^azr-icli e nach
robh dol as aig-a, dio^'s-icli e air ràii-«ich cbo
cruaz'dh 's gun do dhùz'sg 1113 cniiic lezs 'en fhuRÌm.
(3) chual i3n Ihich-ag e. (4) dh' aidm-ich i \}
ghuth, ag-us riiidi i gu llu'edi far mi vohh e. (ò)
bha e ^11 sin 1^' cur iwn car dhedi, ag-us gun
/VVios aig-9 de a dhè«n-i3dh e. (6) ami en tiot-'B
?hò/s-ich i3n lluch air i3n llion 13 chreim far v,ii vohh
1311 t-siiEim ceang-«il-t9, ag-us cha b' /7/ad-i3 gus
1311 do Qfht'àrr i troimh-d e, aof-us leiP' i rioh uaibh-
iY^i3c]i n'e coill-o fa-sgaoil.
(1) A short time after this, one day as the lion was hunting, he was caught in
a snare. (2) When he felt that there was no way of escape, he began to roar so
loudly that the hills rang with the sound. (3) The mouse heard him. (4) she knew
his voice, and ran cjuickly where he was. (5) There he was tumltling and not
knowing what to do (6) In a moment she began to gnaw the net, where the knot
was tied, and she was not long in cutting it through, and .setting the proud king of
the forest at liberty.
lleògh-inm smèzd-a gàzr-a vn uaz'r ì3 chunn-aig e
\ìn t-e«o-'Bl 13 bha air ^n lluch, agus ìeig e as i.
(1) A lion was out hunting one «lay. (2) Tlie day was very waim, for there was
great heat in the sun. (3) He was tired, and fell asleep under the shadow of a tree.
<4) A little mouse was passing. (5) She ran across his nose and awakened him.
<6) He lifted up his paw and clapped it on the mouse. (7) He was about to kill her
for her boldness. (8) She was breathless and quakiug. (9) She pleaded with him,
and nnplored him to lei her off. (10) She said that she had no wish to annoy him,
that she was only a little, weak, trifling creature, and that it would he unworthy of
him to soil his foot with her blood. (11) The lion smiled when he saw how friglitened
the mouse was, and let her off.
(1) 1311 ceann ùm-o gho/r-id ^3n dez'dh so, aoii llà
V. bha mi lk'(5o:h-i?nii v st^alo- cha/dh \i' P'hlac-'Kdh
anil m\ rib-8. (2) lui muv 13 dh' /7^azr-icli e nach
robh dol as aig-a, dio^'s-icli e air ràii-«ich cbo
cruaz'dh 's gun do dhùz'sg 1113 cniiic lezs 'en fhuRÌm.
(3) chual i3n Ihich-ag e. (4) dh' aidm-ich i \}
ghuth, ag-us riiidi i gu llu'edi far mi vohh e. (ò)
bha e ^11 sin 1^' cur iwn car dhedi, ag-us gun
/VVios aig-9 de a dhè«n-i3dh e. (6) ami en tiot-'B
?hò/s-ich i3n lluch air i3n llion 13 chreim far v,ii vohh
1311 t-siiEim ceang-«il-t9, ag-us cha b' /7/ad-i3 gus
1311 do Qfht'àrr i troimh-d e, aof-us leiP' i rioh uaibh-
iY^i3c]i n'e coill-o fa-sgaoil.
(1) A short time after this, one day as the lion was hunting, he was caught in
a snare. (2) When he felt that there was no way of escape, he began to roar so
loudly that the hills rang with the sound. (3) The mouse heard him. (4) she knew
his voice, and ran cjuickly where he was. (5) There he was tumltling and not
knowing what to do (6) In a moment she began to gnaw the net, where the knot
was tied, and she was not long in cutting it through, and .setting the proud king of
the forest at liberty.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > How to learn Gaelic > (39) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/79789522 |
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| Description | Orthographical instructions grammar and reading lessons. By Alexander Macbain and John Whyte. |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.195 |
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| Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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