 | 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
...chief to his grandfather, who is therein assured of the immediate restitution of his lifted,—that is, stolen, cows ; for that he (the writer of the...to contribute to the best of his ability he is sure * The chief usually attempted to divide his lands in such a way as to accommodate all his.followers;... | |
 | William Forbes Skene - Clans - 1837 - 330 pages
...possessions of their ancestors. " The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his vassals, determines alt differences and disputes that happen among them, and...building a house, or some pretence for his support or the honour of the name ; and if any one should refuse to contribute to the best of his ability,... | |
 | James Browne - Clans - 1838 - 532 pages
...possessions of their ancestors. " The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his vassals, deterlu,'in all differences and disputes that happen among them,...building a house, or some pretence for his support or the honour of his name ; and if any one should refuse to contribute to the best of his ability,... | |
 | 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...refuse to contribute to the best of his ability, he is%ure of severe treatment; and if he persisted in his obstinacy, he would be cast out of the tribe... | |
 | Sir John Scott Keltie - Clans - 1875 - 302 pages
...arises from a tradition that the Lowlands, in old times, were the possessions of their ancestors. " The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his...building a house, or some pretence for his support or the honour of his name ; and if any one should refuse to contribute to the best of his ability,... | |
 | John Merry Ross - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1877 - 625 pages
...last arises from a tradition that the Lowlands in old times were the possessions of their ancestors. The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his...them, and levies taxes upon extraordinary occasions. . . . Some of the chiefs have not only personal dislikes and enmity to each other, but there are also... | |
 | William Forbes Skene - Scotland - 1890 - 558 pages
...last arises from a tradition that the Lowlands, in old times, were the possession of their ancestors. The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his...pretence for his support and the honour of the name. This power of the chiefs is not supported by interest as they are landlords, but as lineally descended... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1897 - 500 pages
...last arises from a tradition that the Lowlands in old times were the possessions of their ancestors. The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his...them, and levies taxes upon extraordinary occasions. Some of the chiefs have not only personal dislikes and enmity to each other, but there are also hereditary... | |
 | English language - 1897 - 634 pages
...last arises from a tradition that the Lowlands in old times were the possessions of their ancestors. The chief exercises an arbitrary authority over his...them, and levies taxes upon extraordinary occasions. Some of the chiefs have not only personal dislikes and enmity to each other, hut there are also hereditary... | |
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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... 
