 | Sir John Sinclair - 1798 - 758 páginas
...the people, at the fame time, underftand more or lefs perfectly the Englifh. It is a curious fuel, that the hills of King's Seat and Craigy Barns, which form the lower boundary of Dowally, have been for centuries the feparating barrier of thefe languages. In the firft houfe below them, the... | |
 | 1809 - 604 páginas
...particularly remarked in the account of the parish of Dowally in Perthshire. " It is a curious fact, that the hills of King's Seat and Craigy Barns, which form the lower boundary of Dowally, have beeny«r centuries the separating barrier of these language*. In the first house below them the... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1815 - 88 páginas
...published in Dublin in the year 1808. sl The pertinacious adherence of mankind to their " mother tongue," might be verified by a number of remarkable proofs...boundary of Dowally, (parish in Perthshire,) have been, for centuries, the separating barrier of the English and Gaelic. In the first house below them, the... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1830 - 374 páginas
...is just an Irish elementary work. * The pertinacious adherence of mankind to their " mother tongue" might be verified by a number of remarkable proofs...boundary of Dowally, (parish in Perthshire), have been,/or centuries, the separating barrier of the English and Gaelic. In the first house below them,... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1846 - 304 páginas
...ship• The pertinacious adherence of mankind to their " mother tongue" might be verified by a number ot remarkable proofs : " It is a curious fact," says...boundary of Dowally, (parish in Perthshire), have been,/w centuries, the separating barrier of the English and Gaelic. In the first house below them,... | |
 | Charles Loring Brace - 1863 - 562 páginas
...numbers of individuals are gradually transported to a foreign country, their language becoming absorbed number of remarkable proofs. "It is a curious fact,"...Scotland, vol. xx, p. 490, " that the hills of King's Seal and Craigy Barns, which form the lower boundary of Dowally (parish in Perthshire), have been for... | |
 | John Jamieson - 1867 - 712 páginas
...particularly remarked in the account of the parish of Dowally in Perthshire. " It is a curious fact, that the hills of King's Seat and Craigy Barns, which form the lower boundary of Dowally, have been for centuries the separating barrier of these languages. In the first house below them, the... | |
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It is a curious fact," says a writer in the Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. xx. p. 490, " that the hills of King's Seat and Craigy Barns, which form the lower boundary of Dowally, (parish in Perthshire,) have been, for centuries, the separating... 