 | Edward Burt - 1822 - 394 Seiten
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished...country, there remain only their language and their poverty.—Johnson's Journey, Works, vol. viii. 334. one cause of their narrow adherence among themselves,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 444 Seiten
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...independence is depressed, their contempt of government is subdued, and their reverence for thenchiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 622 Seiten
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their on. ewrr side. Schools are erected. 12 .-a imv _» -amrht, and diere were lately some... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 608 Seiten
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...country, there remain 'only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools arc erected, in which English only is taught,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 Seiten
...life. The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softned, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity...country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected, in which English only is taught,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 Seiten
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...before the late conquest of their country, there remain ouly their language and their poverty. Their i £ language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected,... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1835 - 342 Seiten
...vol. 46. p. 77 — 88. i Johnson, Journey to the Hebrides, p. 277. speaking of the Highlanders says, " Of what they had before the late conquest of their...country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected, in which English only is taught,... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1835 - 348 Seiten
...vol. 46. p. 77—88. i Johnson, Journey to the Hebrides, p. 277. speaking of the Highlanders says, " Of what they had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their langunge and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected, in which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1906 - 270 Seiten
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character, their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected in which English only is taught,... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 Seiten
...system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character, their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished,...country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected, in which English only is taught,... | |
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The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and their reverence for their chiefs... 
