 | Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk - Social Science - 1805 - 318 pages
...************** y Q i f fa pQ\.& seq. ' The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his vas* sals, determines all differences and disputes that happen...' among them, and levies taxes upon extraordinary occa' sions; such as the marriage of a daughter, building a ' house, or some pretence for his support,... | |
 | Edward Burt - Highlands (Scotland) - 1822 - 394 pages
...despise as inferior to them in courage, and believe they have a right to plunder them whenever it is in their power. This last arises from a tradition, that the Lowlands, in old times, were the possession of their ancestors. If the truth of this opinion of theirs stood in need of any evidence,... | |
 | William Forbes Skene - Clans - 1837 - 330 pages
...despise as inferior to them in courage, and believe they have a right to plunder them whenever it is in their power. This last arises from a tradition...an arbitrary authority over his vassals, determines alt differences and disputes that happen among them, and levies taxes upon extraordinary occasions,... | |
 | James Browne - Clans - 1838 - 532 pages
...despise as inferior to them in courage, and believe they have a right to plunder them whenever it is in their power. This last arises from a tradition...exercises an arbitrary authority over his vassals, deterlu,'in all differences and disputes that happen among them, and levies taxes upon extraordinary... | |
 | John Hill Burton - Economics - 1849 - 356 pages
...to be their chief. A person describing their state of society early in the last century, says — ' The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his...them, and levies taxes upon extraordinary occasions — such as the marriage of a daughter, building a house, or some pretence for his support and the... | |
 | Walter Simson - 1865 - 606 pages
...did the Highlanders set up, in justification of this wholesale robbery ? — " They believed, from tradition, that the Lowlands, in old times, were the possessions of their an- , cestors." (Skene.) But that was uo excuse for their plundering each other.* The Gipsy's ordinary... | |
 | Sir John Scott Keltie - Clans - 1875 - 302 pages
...despise as inferior to them in courage, and believe they have a right to plnnder them whenever it is in their power. This last arises from a tradition...them, and levies taxes upon extraordinary occasions, such as the marriage of a daughter, building a house, or some pretence for his support or the honour... | |
 | Edward Burt - Highlands (Scotland) - 1876 - 408 pages
...despise as inferior to them in Courage, and believe they have a Right to plunder them whenever it is in their Power. This last arises from a Tradition, that the Lowlands, in old Times were the Possession of their Ancestors. If the Truth of this Opinion of theirs stood in Need of any Evidence,... | |
 | Edward Burt - 1876 - 378 pages
...despise as inferior to them in Courage, and believe they have a Right to plunder them whenever it is in their Power. This last arises from a Tradition, that the Lowlands, in old Times were the Possession of their Ancestors. If the Truth of this Opinion of theirs stood in Need of any Evidence,... | |
 | John Merry Ross - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1877 - 625 pages
...as inferior to th,em in courage, and believe that they have a right to plunder them whenever it is in their power. This last arises from a tradition...not only personal dislikes and enmity to each other, but there are also hereditary feuds between C. and C., which have been 164 handed down from one generation... | |
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Highlanders in opposition to the people of the low country, whom they despise as inferior to them in courage, and believe they have a right to plunder them whenever it is in their power. This last arises from a tradition that the Lowlands in old times... 
