A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases : based on Macintosh's collection

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by  Macintosh, Donald, 1743-1808

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GAELIC PEOVEEBS.

A COLLECTION
GAELIC PEOVERBS
FAMILIAR PHEASES.
EASED ON
MACINTOSH'S COLLECTION.
EDITED BY
ALEXANDEE XICOLSOX, M.A, LL.D.
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SECOND EDITION—REVISED.
EDIXBUEGH:
MACLACHLAN AND STEWAET.
LOXDOX: SIMPIvIX, MARSHALL, &CO.
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THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEMOET OP
THE REV. NOEMAN MAC LEOD, D.D.
MINISTER OF ST. COLUMBA CHURCH, GLASGOW
;
A MAN WORTHY TO BE REMEMBERED
WITH AFFECTIONATE VENERATION
BY ALL LOVERS OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS,
THEIR PEOPLE, AND THEIR LANGUAGE
;
WHOSE PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF GAELIC PROVERBS,
AND HAPPYUSE OF THEM,
GAVE A SPECIAL CHARM TO
HIS HIGHLAND DIALOGUES,
WHICH IN WISDOM, HUMOUR, TENDERNESS,
IN HEIGHT OF AIM, PURENESS OF SPIRIT,
AND SIMPLE BEAUTY OF STYLE,
HAVE NOT BEEN SURPASSED
IN THE LITERATURE OF ANY COUNTRY.