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... language ; the cultivation of the language , poetry , and music of Scottish Highlands ; the res- cuing from oblivion of Celtic poetry traditions , legends , books , and manuscripts ; the establishing in Inverness of a library , to to ...
... language ; the cultivation of the language , poetry , and music of Scottish Highlands ; the res- cuing from oblivion of Celtic poetry traditions , legends , books , and manuscripts ; the establishing in Inverness of a library , to to ...
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... language amongst some of the landed gentry in the Highlands , what condemnation can be too severe for those men of the educated classes familiar with the language who have taken advantage of it to feed the flame of discontent among the ...
... language amongst some of the landed gentry in the Highlands , what condemnation can be too severe for those men of the educated classes familiar with the language who have taken advantage of it to feed the flame of discontent among the ...
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... language and literature ( Applause ) -two movements which the Society hope to see crowned with success . ( Cheers . ) It is proposed that the acknowledgment of Professor Blackie's services should take the form of a bust or portrait ...
... language and literature ( Applause ) -two movements which the Society hope to see crowned with success . ( Cheers . ) It is proposed that the acknowledgment of Professor Blackie's services should take the form of a bust or portrait ...
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... language , the literature , and the traditions of the Gael . I have remarked more than once on previous occasions that unless we can also preserve the Gaelic people we are not doing much . ( Loud cheers . ) But if we try to preserve the ...
... language , the literature , and the traditions of the Gael . I have remarked more than once on previous occasions that unless we can also preserve the Gaelic people we are not doing much . ( Loud cheers . ) But if we try to preserve the ...
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... language an antiquity coeval and even superior to the Hebrew ; but in the present day - these days of science and ... language -- a language that then was superior to Latin in inflectional power , and superior to Greek in flexibility of ...
... language an antiquity coeval and even superior to the Hebrew ; but in the present day - these days of science and ... language -- a language that then was superior to Latin in inflectional power , and superior to Greek in flexibility of ...
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acus agus Alex Alexander Applause Ardnamurchan Ballifeary bard beag bheil bhiodh bho'n Bidh birds Bishop Book of Deer cairn Cameron Campbell Celtic Celts century Cha'n chaidh chambered cairns Cheers chief Chisholm chuir chur Church Columcille crofters Cuchulinn Deer dhuinn districts ditto do'n dolmens Drostan Druids duine Duncan eagle Fionn Fraser gach Gael Gaelic names Gaelic Society Gairloch Gauls Glenmoriston Grant gu'm gu'n hear Highlands honour Inverness Inverness-shire Ireland Irish John King Kintail land language literature Lochiel Lord Macdonald Mackay Mackenzie Mackintosh Macrae manrent meeting minister Mormaer mound mu'n Munro Nuair O.Ir parish Picts poetry Presbytery present race ring cairn robh Roman Ross Scotland sibh sinn Sir Robert song stone circles theid toast uair Welsh worship
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