Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 422
t. He will never give us an epic or paint ns a great picture. THE HIGHLANDER. There appear to be,ethnologically as wellsocially, two quite dis-tinct classes of High-landers. The higherclass are of Gothic—principally Norwegian—origin, and are taller,larger-bodied, and finerlooking men than thecommon… … on Flodden Field, in Their leg below the knee was bare ;Their form was sinewy, short, and spare, And hardened to the blast:Of taller race their chiefs they own,And by the eagles plumage known. These chiefs were and are at this day of a light complexion,with blue eyes and sandy or red hair, and…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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