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130 A HIGHLAND PARISH.
the hearse, in order to be near, until the last pos¬
sible moment, one for whom they had an enthusi¬
astic attachment. The Highland hills and their
people were to him a passion, and for their good
he had devoted all the energies of his long life;
and not in vain! His name will not, I think, be
lost in this generation, wherever, at least, the
Celtic language is spoken ; and though this notice
of him may have no interest to the Southern
reader, who may not know, nor care to know, his
name, yet every Gael in the most distant colony,
who reads these lines, will pardon me for writing
them. He belongs to them as they did to him.
the hearse, in order to be near, until the last pos¬
sible moment, one for whom they had an enthusi¬
astic attachment. The Highland hills and their
people were to him a passion, and for their good
he had devoted all the energies of his long life;
and not in vain! His name will not, I think, be
lost in this generation, wherever, at least, the
Celtic language is spoken ; and though this notice
of him may have no interest to the Southern
reader, who may not know, nor care to know, his
name, yet every Gael in the most distant colony,
who reads these lines, will pardon me for writing
them. He belongs to them as they did to him.
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Scotland/Scots > Reminiscences of a Highland parish > (142) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/109513154 |
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| Description | By Norman MacLeod. 10th edition. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.75.263 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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