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nacli do cliiiir Calum Seoladaii- suim airgid a dli" ioniisaidh.
fliat-not did send Malcolm (the) Sailor a-sum of-money to
na bantraich, cho matli ri goireasan feumail eile. agus
(if-the widow, as well to haiidy-thinss useful other, and
gnotliaicliean luieònacli a bheireadli e a nail as na h-Innsean
things curious which would-briug he over out-of the Indies
di file in agus do 'n cliloinn. (16) Shoirbhicli leò
to-her self and to the children. Prospered with-them
gu ciatacli riamh tuilleadli ; agiis mur do shiubhail iad iiaitli
adiniraldy ever more ; and if-not have-departed tliey since
sin tlia iad beò fliathast.
that are they alive still.
MALCOLM THE SMLOR-Conflinted.
(1) The ship was over three years on the voyi^e ; -ind ,i r-nmp.iiiion of Vnieolm's
used to tell that not a day passed during that tiuir in uiiirli .M.ilcohii diil not sjiiak
about the kindness which he had received in tlic Inmsi. ,if tlie fiuiuev. (2) So soon
as the ship returned to port after coming ))a(k t.. ihN icumry, Malrohii took his
friend with him, and hired a carriage to hurry him to the house where lie had found
.such kindness. (3) As they approached tlie liouse, MaUohu could see that matters
were not at all as he had left them. (4) The woman was now a widow, aiul her
children orphans. (5) Not only so, but at that moment t lie officers were putting
her earthly all out upon the hill, to be sold to pay certain debts into which she had
fallen. (6) Small clusters of people stood here and there, with heavy lieaits, wait-
ing till the auction should begin. (7) Malcolm lushed in just as the otficer was
about to lift the cradle, in which the youngest child lay slceiiing ; with his poor
mother sitting besirte him weeping bitterly. (8) " What does all thi-^ mean ' he asked
of the officer. (9) " The furniture," he answered, "is about to be sold to pay this
woman's debt.o." (10) " Avast, you heartless, pitiless man,' saiil .Malcolm, closing
his fist ; " if you lay a hand on a withe of that cradle, I will bre:i k all the timbers in
your body I" (11) He then pulled out his purse, in which lie had tliiee yeai>' wages
in gold. (12) " Here," said he, " pay yourself out of that, and put back every stick
of the dear woman's furniture where "you found it." Then he turned to s:ilute the
poor woman, who stood full of wonder, and her heart like to burst with gratitude.
(14) The two sailors were not long in putting the house in order, and they spent the
day heartily and cheerfully till evening, when they had to leave. (15) There was
not a year from that time, till the farmer's boys were able to take their father's
place, that Malcolm the Sailor did not send a sum of money to the widow as well
as other useful articles, and curious things which he used to bring home from the
Indies for herself and the children. (16) Everything prospered well with them ever
after that ; and if they have not died since, they are still alive.
LESSON III.
Am Mac Strodhail.
THE SON PRODIGAL.
(1) Bhaaig duine àraidli dithis mliac. (2) Agus tliuirt am
Was at a-man certain twain of-sons. And said the
roac a b' òige dliiùbh r' a athair, Atliaii-, tlioir dhòmhsa
son that was younger of-them to his father, Father, give to-mc
a' chuid-roinn a thig onn de d' mliaoin. (3) Agfus roinn
the portion-share that will-come on-me of thy substance. And divided
e eatorra a bheatliachadli. (4) Agus an deidli* beagain de
he between-them his living. And after of-a-few of
* di'idh, after. Being a noun, it take? a genitive after it.
nacli do cliiiir Calum Seoladaii- suim airgid a dli" ioniisaidh.
fliat-not did send Malcolm (the) Sailor a-sum of-money to
na bantraich, cho matli ri goireasan feumail eile. agus
(if-the widow, as well to haiidy-thinss useful other, and
gnotliaicliean luieònacli a bheireadli e a nail as na h-Innsean
things curious which would-briug he over out-of the Indies
di file in agus do 'n cliloinn. (16) Shoirbhicli leò
to-her self and to the children. Prospered with-them
gu ciatacli riamh tuilleadli ; agiis mur do shiubhail iad iiaitli
adiniraldy ever more ; and if-not have-departed tliey since
sin tlia iad beò fliathast.
that are they alive still.
MALCOLM THE SMLOR-Conflinted.
(1) The ship was over three years on the voyi^e ; -ind ,i r-nmp.iiiion of Vnieolm's
used to tell that not a day passed during that tiuir in uiiirli .M.ilcohii diil not sjiiak
about the kindness which he had received in tlic Inmsi. ,if tlie fiuiuev. (2) So soon
as the ship returned to port after coming ))a(k t.. ihN icumry, Malrohii took his
friend with him, and hired a carriage to hurry him to the house where lie had found
.such kindness. (3) As they approached tlie liouse, MaUohu could see that matters
were not at all as he had left them. (4) The woman was now a widow, aiul her
children orphans. (5) Not only so, but at that moment t lie officers were putting
her earthly all out upon the hill, to be sold to pay certain debts into which she had
fallen. (6) Small clusters of people stood here and there, with heavy lieaits, wait-
ing till the auction should begin. (7) Malcolm lushed in just as the otficer was
about to lift the cradle, in which the youngest child lay slceiiing ; with his poor
mother sitting besirte him weeping bitterly. (8) " What does all thi-^ mean ' he asked
of the officer. (9) " The furniture," he answered, "is about to be sold to pay this
woman's debt.o." (10) " Avast, you heartless, pitiless man,' saiil .Malcolm, closing
his fist ; " if you lay a hand on a withe of that cradle, I will bre:i k all the timbers in
your body I" (11) He then pulled out his purse, in which lie had tliiee yeai>' wages
in gold. (12) " Here," said he, " pay yourself out of that, and put back every stick
of the dear woman's furniture where "you found it." Then he turned to s:ilute the
poor woman, who stood full of wonder, and her heart like to burst with gratitude.
(14) The two sailors were not long in putting the house in order, and they spent the
day heartily and cheerfully till evening, when they had to leave. (15) There was
not a year from that time, till the farmer's boys were able to take their father's
place, that Malcolm the Sailor did not send a sum of money to the widow as well
as other useful articles, and curious things which he used to bring home from the
Indies for herself and the children. (16) Everything prospered well with them ever
after that ; and if they have not died since, they are still alive.
LESSON III.
Am Mac Strodhail.
THE SON PRODIGAL.
(1) Bhaaig duine àraidli dithis mliac. (2) Agus tliuirt am
Was at a-man certain twain of-sons. And said the
roac a b' òige dliiùbh r' a athair, Atliaii-, tlioir dhòmhsa
son that was younger of-them to his father, Father, give to-mc
a' chuid-roinn a thig onn de d' mliaoin. (3) Agfus roinn
the portion-share that will-come on-me of thy substance. And divided
e eatorra a bheatliachadli. (4) Agus an deidli* beagain de
he between-them his living. And after of-a-few of
* di'idh, after. Being a noun, it take? a genitive after it.
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Description | A selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh. |
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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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