 ... she were a native of the island, and learned that she was a Highland girl. Old men and young lads, newly returned from the eastern fishing, sat about on benches fixed to the wall, and smoked and listened; and MacDonald sat on a low stool in the midst,...  Popular Tales of the West Highlands - Page 1311862Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Francis Campbell - 1862 - 448 pages
...listened; and MacDonald sat on a low stool in the midst, and chanted forth his lays amidst suitable remarks and ejaculations of praise and sympathy. One...dictation of another man elsewhere. " Och ! och !—aw! is not that sad ?" said the women when Diarmaid was expiring. One of the audience was a stranger from... | |
 | Richard Mercer Dorson - 1999 - 558 pages
...listened; and MacDonald sat on a low stool in the midst, and chanted forth his lays amidst suitable remarks and ejaculations of praise and sympathy. One...dictation of another man elsewhere. 'Och! och! — aw! is not that sad?' said the women when Diarmaid was expiring.1 To his credit, Campbell brought to life... | |
 | Morag Styles, Gabrielle Cliff Hodges, Mary Jane Drummond - 1999 - 176 pages
...and listened; and Macdonald sat on a low stool in the midst, and chanted forth his lays amid suitable remarks and ejaculations of praise and sympathy. One of the poems was the 'Lay of Diarmaid' . . . 'Och! och! - aw! is not that sad?' said the women when Diarmaid was expiring. (Dorson, 1968)... | |
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