Ossian Collection > Sketches descriptive of picturesque scenery, on the southern confines of Perthshire

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to iiicreaie his Hock of ideas, in a man -
ner which might feem the effed of an
acquaintance with the general principles
of language, derived from a liberal edu-
cation.
The ancient Highland drefs is very
generally worn : the people have fdll a
very flrong attachment to the habit of
their forefathers ; it was with extreme
impatience that they bore the degrading
prohibition of its ufe, w^hich had been
impofed by the legiflature : and they na-
turally confider the boon of its removal,
as enhanced by its having been obtained
by the interference of a chieftain of their
own race *.
* Tiie present Duke of Montrose
GENERA I.