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CHAPTER IV.
PAGE
The Celt's relations to the Unseen, and what thence comes
upo7i him, air: joy and sadness, plague and deliverance
come upon him : the Powers Above, . . . .42.
CHAPTER V.
The Celt and his commoner mental and bodily states — his
whims, lighter impulses, and indulgences, which are
mostly either his own choice, or in his own control : he
is upon them : the inverted use of air, on : curious
reflection of this idiom in Highland English, . . 50
CHAPTER VI.
The Gael's relation to his aptitudes and proclivities : air,
on, continued, . . . . . . . . 56
CHAPTER VII.
Settled ownership, as distinguished from mere arbitrary, or
conditional possession : use of le, with, . . • 59-
CHAPTER VIII.
Curious use of ayin, in : Gaelic abhors the abstract : the
essential principle of this idiom, 65
CHAPTER IX.
Leading varieties of the idiom last refeiTcd to : the Gael's
relations to his trade or profession, to his outward
attitudes, to his personal character, and to personal
accidents of extraction, sex, country, and the like : the
abstract made concrete to the subject : the condition to
which persons or things tend : word-history too repeats
itself, 73-
PAGE
The Celt's relations to the Unseen, and what thence comes
upo7i him, air: joy and sadness, plague and deliverance
come upon him : the Powers Above, . . . .42.
CHAPTER V.
The Celt and his commoner mental and bodily states — his
whims, lighter impulses, and indulgences, which are
mostly either his own choice, or in his own control : he
is upon them : the inverted use of air, on : curious
reflection of this idiom in Highland English, . . 50
CHAPTER VI.
The Gael's relation to his aptitudes and proclivities : air,
on, continued, . . . . . . . . 56
CHAPTER VII.
Settled ownership, as distinguished from mere arbitrary, or
conditional possession : use of le, with, . . • 59-
CHAPTER VIII.
Curious use of ayin, in : Gaelic abhors the abstract : the
essential principle of this idiom, 65
CHAPTER IX.
Leading varieties of the idiom last refeiTcd to : the Gael's
relations to his trade or profession, to his outward
attitudes, to his personal character, and to personal
accidents of extraction, sex, country, and the like : the
abstract made concrete to the subject : the condition to
which persons or things tend : word-history too repeats
itself, 73-
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/75800547 |
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Description | Celtic footprints in philology ethics and religion. |
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Shelfmark | Blair.1 |
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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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