Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, A[lfred] H[enry], [from old catalog] ed · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 89
werehardly what they should have been, in spite of the various stat-utes. Presently there came Ian Breac, the model Highlandgentleman, who kept harper, piper, and fool at Dunvegan ; andwhose bard was the famous Mary MacLeod, recalled from Mull,whither she had been banished for composing ballads to… … ARMS OF IAN BREAC, SIXTEENTH CHIEF of Sir James Macdonald of Sleat) are now over the front door: theDanish triskele (legs of Man), flying figures, horse and hound, andsea-monster-like supporters, rather smacking of the wild Norwe-gian, and giving the achievement a breezy, sea-kingly appearance.The…
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