单词 | Scottish Highlander |
例句 | Impoverished Scottish Highlanders, Gaelic-speaking descendants of the Celtic tribes who once roamed northwestern Scotland, flooded into Cape Breton in the early 19th century. Fiddling With the Past: The Secrets of Scottish Music 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z "She invented", says Morgan, "a costume for her male servants at Llanover Court, the harpist being in a weird raiment, half-minstrel Scottish Highlander." David McKie's top 10 eccentrics in literature 2011-03-02T11:31:07Z He is a virtuoso of traditional Cape Breton fiddling, which has thrived on this isolated land since it arrived with Gaelic-speaking Scottish Highlanders two centuries ago. Fiddling With the Past: The Secrets of Scottish Music 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Among the total of 14 excavated bodies are one Scottish Highlander and one soldier from North Carolina, both of whom were fighting for the British. America’s first heroes: Revolutionary War soldiers reburied 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z The Frenchmen were assigned to a special British commando brigade led by Brigadier Simon Fraser, a Scottish Highlander also known by the inherited title of Lord Lovat. Hubert Faure, French commando who landed on beaches of Normandy, dies at 106 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z The music style was influenced by Scottish Highlanders and takes heavy notes from Celtic fiddling. EXCHANGE: Galesburg man determined to hone fiddle skills 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z “It’s as if Scottish Highlanders were walking around with guns in Mayfair,” he said. The Machiavelli of Maryland: adviser to presidents, prime ministers – and the Dalai Lama | Thomas Meaney 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The charm of Jets fans is that like Scottish Highlanders, they bear their wounds on their backs. Ghosts of Mondays Past: Jets Come Up Small in Big Game 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The Kurds have been compared to the old Scottish Highlanders, who were noted for their devotion to their chiefs. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Tartan, t�r′tan, n. a woollen or worsted stuff checked with various colours, once the distinctive dress of the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own pattern. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z There is no sport in the world a Scottish Highlander loves so much as that of deer-stalking. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Celt, selt, n. one of the Celts, an Aryan race, now represented by the Bretons, the Welsh, the Irish, and the Scottish Highlanders—also Kelt.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z He generally figures under the name of ‘Ap Shinkin,’ and is made to speak English much the same as the Scottish Highlander does in Scott’s novels. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Cattle-raids were an event of daily occurrence, and Sir Walter Scott has made us familiar with similar expeditions on the part of the Scottish Highlanders in the 18th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" There was immediately a considerable influx of settlers to the island, which received another important accession by the immigration of Scottish Highlanders from 1800 to 1828. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Presence of mind in emergency is a gift that seems peculiar to the Scottish Highlander. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z The lenn is the modern kilt, and the brat the plaid, so that the dress of the Irish and Welsh in former times was the same as that of the Scottish Highlander. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Of stature almost gigantic, and of the amplest development of chest, their symmetry of limb and elasticity of step would have called forth notice in a Scottish Highlander. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 The sight was certainly fine, but could not be compared with an ancient warlike and similar custom among the Scottish Highlanders. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition "The Herdsman of the Deep," the Scottish Highlanders used to say, when in winter a loon came to visit their lochs and fiords. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals He was a Scottish Highlander, with a rare gift of intuitive insight. Young Hilda at the Wars The lands were granted to the emigrants on conditions of military service, and a large proportion, of them were selected from among the hardy Scottish Highlanders and the veterans of some German regiments. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) “It blows hard—whatever,” muttered Fergus to himself, with that prolonged emphasis on the last syllable of the last word which is eminently suggestive of the Scottish Highlander. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains The Scottish Highlander possessed a comparatively intellectual type of mind. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice They did not speak English these people, but a language called Gaelic, not at all agreeable to English ears, but very dear to the heart of the Scottish Highlander. Shenac's Work at Home By other nations besides their own sister country, the same erroneous notions concerning the Scottish Highlanders prevailed. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. I fancy, from what I have read of your Scottish Highlanders, that the feeling here closely resembles that among the clans. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee To be sure, they are a vast improvement over the long skirt, but they are not by any means equal in healthfulness to the costume of the Scottish Highlanders. Vitality Supreme The character of the Servian closely resembles that of the Scottish Highlander. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Scottish Highlanders have poured into Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London: Welshmen have poured into Liverpool, Manchester, and all the great towns of England: Irishmen have poured into every part of the British dominions. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, it has been customary to speak of the Scottish Highlanders as "Celts". An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Historical Account of the Settlements of Scottish Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783. Scotland's Mark on America It is hard to dispel the halo which poetry and romance have thrown about the Scottish Highlander and see him simply as he appears in every-day life. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 As to a supposed worship of the sun among the Scottish Highlanders, compare J.G. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul He secured in the main two classes of immigrants, Germans and Scottish Highlanders. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration Thus the only reason for calling the Scottish Highlanders "Celts" is that Cæsar used that name to describe a race cognate with another race from which the Highlanders ought to be carefully distinguished. An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Because the Southern masses are as ignorant of letters and of arts as the Scottish Highlanders, they infer themselves to be as warlike. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 The port itself is a small land-locked gulf, or, as the Scottish Highlander would call it, a loch. The Life of Lord Byron To it in time came people from New England and the distressed of many lands, including Italians, Germans, and Scottish Highlanders. A Brief History of the United States It was this arrangement which brought about the grouping of Protestant and Roman Catholic Scottish Highlanders in Glengarry. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration It was translated into English almost immediately, and philologists soon discovered that the language of Cæsar's Celts was related to the Gaelic of the Scottish Highlanders. An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Then, as a protection against the incursions of the Caledonians, the ancestors of the Scottish Highlanders, he constructed a line of fortresses from the Frith of Forth to the Frith of Clyde. General History for Colleges and High Schools The same remark applies to the Welshman or the Scottish Highlander as members of the British nation. Considerations on Representative Government "Wait!" said I, as, fumbling about, I presently found tinder-box and candle, having lighted which I turned and beheld a man—an exceedingly tall man—clad in the full habit of a Scottish Highlander. The Broad Highway In 1885 he started the "Scottish Highlander," which he has managed and edited since, and which now, though still nominally carried on as a Limited Liability Company, is practically his own property. History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name So the old Scottish Highlanders never asked the name or clan of a chance guest, lest he prove a foe before he had eaten their food. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 The Scottish Highlanders, in former times, had a concise mode of cooking their venison, or rather of dispensing with cooking it, which appears greatly to have surprised the French, whom chance made acquainted with it. The Lady of the Lake Well, footmen and courtiers and Scottish Highlanders, and the corps de ballet, draymen too, have legs, and staring legs, shapely enough. The Egoist In 1875 he founded the "Celtic Magazine," which he owned and conducted for thirteen years until it was incorporated with the "Scottish Highlander" newspaper in 1888. History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name |
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