Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1841 to 1870 > Double grammar, of English and Gaelic, in which the principles of both languages are clearly explained

218 ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH.
The neighbours have been
led to form a high opinion
of that youth, for his exer¬
tions to educate himself,
without any other means
than what he has been
enabled to acquire by his
own industry.
Before the power of steam
had been fully developed
and reduced to practice,
many branches of business
had been tediously con¬
ducted, but since the happy
invention of the steam en¬
gine, wonderful improve¬
ments have been intro¬
duced. Our affairs are
now pushed forward with
amazing celerity ; intelli¬
gence, goods, and passen¬
gers may be wafted from
one place to another in a
trice; and various other
operations, which under the
former system would have
occupied several days, can
at present be accomplished
in a few hours.
Thugadh na coimhear-
snaich gu deadh bharail a
ghabhail de ’n digear ud,
airson oirpe gu e-fein ionns-
achadh, gun taic air bith
eile, ach na bha e iar ’bhi
comasach a bhuannachd
le ’dhichioll fein.
Mu ’n robh neart toite
iar a lan-fhoillseachadh
agus iar a chur gu cleachd-
{ adh, bha roinnean mora de
ghnothachaibh iar an stiur-
adh gu mall, ach o innle-
achd shona na bearta-teine
thugadh a-stigh ion-oibrich-
ean miorbhuileach. Tha ar
gnothachan a-nis ’gangreas-
adh air aghaidh le luathas
uamhasach, faodar fios,
bathar, agus luchd-turuis
a ghiulan o aite gu aite
ann an tiota ; agus is urr-
| ainnear mdran ghniomhrau
eile a ghabhadhfo ’nt-seann
ddigh iomadh la, a cholion-
adh ann am beagan uair-
ean, an diugh.
1. The mind should be stored with knowledge, and
cultivated with care. 2. That friend whose friendship
is chiefly distinguished in adversity is to be highly
esteemed and respected at all times. 3. Whatever in¬
jures others, deserves not to be called a pleasure. 4.
Whoever is not content with his lot would likely not be
so in higher circumstances. 5. Choose what is most fit.
1. Bu choir an inntinn a bhi iar a lionadh le h-e61as,