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Legends of the Highlands from Scotland; From Oral Tradition

James Grassie

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ... strance in favour of their guilty clansman would be fruitless, they gloomily prepared for next day's c-itastrophe, and the chief sullenly ordered the presence of his seer. The seer, on receiving his chief's commands, entered with an air of great importance, imagining, no doubt, that his prophetic powers were about to be consulted, or probably, the disposal of the young highlander assigned to him. Judge then of his dismay, when the chief demanded angrily why he had not preintimated this dire calamity which had befallen them, in order that it might have been averted. "Thy prophetic powers seem to have been withdrawn," said he, "therefore thy end being fulfilled, it is meet that thou shoulds't die. Piepare thyself to accompany my kinsman to that fearful region from whose boundless limits no wayfarer is permitted to come back." The seer, no doubt, considered this a summary decision, but he knew his judge's relentless disposition, and had learned, that with him remonstrance would be vain and futile, so he submitted to the sentence and its execution with a haughty indifference. The young man was not so determined; as he marched sullen and gloomy to the hateful tree, he cast many a longing lingering look behind, so wistful, that it was evident he was still anxious to compromise his differences with the world; he was loathe to shuffle off this mortal coil in life's best bloom, in the hey-day of his youth; but the seal was set, and alas, he had no friend now with power sufficient to break it. The evening of the following day was appointed as the most seasonable period for extinguishing the vital spark of those condemned to die, and the morning for the interment of those so accidentally slain. On their way to the narrow house, the loud strains of...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Legends of the Highlands from Scotland; From Oral Tradition. To get started finding Legends of the Highlands from Scotland; From Oral Tradition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ... strance in favour of their guilty clansman would be fruitless, they gloomily prepared for next day's c-itastrophe, and the chief sullenly ordered the presence of his seer. The seer, on receiving his chief's commands, entered with an air of great importance, imagining, no doubt, that his prophetic powers were about to be consulted, or probably, the disposal of the young highlander assigned to him. Judge then of his dismay, when the chief demanded angrily why he had not preintimated this dire calamity which had befallen them, in order that it might have been averted. "Thy prophetic powers seem to have been withdrawn," said he, "therefore thy end being fulfilled, it is meet that thou shoulds't die. Piepare thyself to accompany my kinsman to that fearful region from whose boundless limits no wayfarer is permitted to come back." The seer, no doubt, considered this a summary decision, but he knew his judge's relentless disposition, and had learned, that with him remonstrance would be vain and futile, so he submitted to the sentence and its execution with a haughty indifference. The young man was not so determined; as he marched sullen and gloomy to the hateful tree, he cast many a longing lingering look behind, so wistful, that it was evident he was still anxious to compromise his differences with the world; he was loathe to shuffle off this mortal coil in life's best bloom, in the hey-day of his youth; but the seal was set, and alas, he had no friend now with power sufficient to break it. The evening of the following day was appointed as the most seasonable period for extinguishing the vital spark of those condemned to die, and the morning for the interment of those so accidentally slain. On their way to the narrow house, the loud strains of...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Legends of the Highlands from Scotland; From Oral Tradition. To get started finding Legends of the Highlands from Scotland; From Oral Tradition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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