 | William Forbes Skene - 1837 - 346 pagina’s
...these inhabitants were not Scots, as is generally supposed, but were the descendants of the ffreat northern division of the Pictish nation, who were...altogether unaffected by the Scottish conquest of the Lowlands in 843, and who in a great measure maintained their independence of the kings of that race.... | |
 | James Browne - 1838 - 532 pagina’s
...unattainable, it must, nevertheless, be admitted to possess the recommendations of ingenuity and originality. He contends that " the modern Highlanders are the...maintained the independence of the kings of that race." He also conceives that these northern Picts formed part of the great family of Caledonians, the most... | |
 | James Browne - 1843 - 540 pagina’s
...Highlanders are the same people with those who inhabited the Highlands-of Scotland in the ninth and truth centuries ; and that these inhabitants were not Scots,...descendants of the great northern division of the Piclish nation, who were altogether unaffected by the Scottish conquest of the Lowlanders in 843, and... | |
 | James Browne - 1851 - 600 pagina’s
...with those who inhabited the Highlands of Scotland in the ninth r 412 HISTORY OF THE HIGHLAND CLANS. and tenth centuries; and that these inhabitants were...maintained the independence of the kings of that race." He also conceives that these northern Picts formed part of the great family of Caledonians, the most... | |
 | Archibald Brown - 1889 - 464 pagina’s
...says : " The theory proposed by Mr. Skene falls far short of that demonstration to which he pretends. He contends that the modern Highlanders are the same...altogether unaffected by the Scottish conquest of the Lowlands in 843." After commenting on this theory he remarks : " If the Highlanders are really the... | |
 | William Forbes Skene - 1902 - 476 pagina’s
...tenth centuries, and that these inhabitants were not Scots, as is generally supposed, but were the descendants of the great northern division of the...altogether unaffected by the Scottish conquest of the Lowlands in 843, and who in a great measure maintained their independence of the kings of that race.... | |
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the modern Highlanders are the same people with those who inhabited the Highlands of Scotland in the ninth and tenth centuries; and that these inhabitants were not Scots, as has been generally supposed, but were descendants of the great northern division... 