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OBSERVATIONS
ON THE PROPUIETY OF PRESERVING THE
DRESS, THE LANGUAGE, THE POETRY,
THE MUSIC, AND THE CUSTOMS,
OF THE
ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF SCOTLAND.
ADDRESSED TO THE
HIGLILAND SOCIETIES OF LONDON
AND OF SCOTLAND.
By Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, Bart. M. P.
TOGETHER WITH THE
RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE OF
THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON,
REGARDING THOSE SUBJECTS,
On Thursday, June 28, 1804.
" The Muse,
" High hovering o'er the broad cerulean scene,
" Sees Caledonia in romantic view :
" Her airy mountains, from the waving main,
" Invested with a keen diffusive sky,
" Breathing the soul acute." Thomson.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW,
ST. James's.
1804.

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Observations on the propriety of preserving the dress, the language, the poetry, the music, and the customs, of the ancient inhabitants of Scotland
DescriptionAddressed to the Highland Societies of London and of Scotland by Sir John Sinclair ; together with the resolutions of the General Committee of the Highland Society of London, regarding those subjects, on Thursday, June 28, 1804.
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