Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: And Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel JohnsonNew York, 1961 - 447 pages |
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Page 53
... Macleod of Dunvegan as his chief , though his ancestors have formerly disputed the pre- eminence . One of the old Highland alliances has continued for two hundred years , and is still subsisting between Macleod of Raasay and Macdonald ...
... Macleod of Dunvegan as his chief , though his ancestors have formerly disputed the pre- eminence . One of the old Highland alliances has continued for two hundred years , and is still subsisting between Macleod of Raasay and Macdonald ...
Page 61
... Macleod . Macdonald having married a Macleod , upon some discontent dismissed her , perhaps because she had brought him no children . Before the reign of James the Fifth , a Highland Laird made a trial of his wife for a certain time ...
... Macleod . Macdonald having married a Macleod , upon some discontent dismissed her , perhaps because she had brought him no children . Before the reign of James the Fifth , a Highland Laird made a trial of his wife for a certain time ...
Page 266
... Macleod ; Colonel Macleod of Talisker , an officer in the Dutch service , a very genteel man , and faithful branch of the family ; Mr. Macleod of Muiravenside , best known by the name of Sandie Macleod , who was long in exile on account ...
... Macleod ; Colonel Macleod of Talisker , an officer in the Dutch service , a very genteel man , and faithful branch of the family ; Mr. Macleod of Muiravenside , best known by the name of Sandie Macleod , who was long in exile on account ...
Contents
Dr Johnson on horseback A Highland hut Fort Augustus | 25 |
Anoch Emigration Goldsmith Poets and soldiers com | 32 |
Dr Johnson relents Isle of Sky Armidale 253 43 | 43 |
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