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1 Jamieson's Dissertation on the Origin of the Scottish Language (p. 21), prefixed to his Dictionary.
2 Versteegan reasons in nearly the same manner. (Restitutio of decayed Intelligence, p. 189. Antwerp, 1605, 4to.) See likewise the preface to Dr Wallis's Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae, p. xxii. and Mr Boucher's Introduction to his Glossary of Obsolete and Provincial Words, p. 11.
3 Pinkerton's Enquiry into the History of Scotland, vol. i. p. 163. Lond. 1789, 2 vols. 8vo.—Mr Roberts inclines to the same opinion: "The Picts, or more properly Phichts, probably a colony of Scandinavians, originally from Scythia, as they are said to have come over the northern sea. Triad 7." (Sketch of the Early History of the Cymry, or Ancient Britons, p. 125. Lond. 1803, 8vo.) Professor Magnusen, who has more recently investigated the origin of the Picts, bestows sufficient commendation on Mr Pinkerton's learning and research, and to a certain extent is disposed to adopt his leading opinion; but at the same time he declares himself unable to approve of all the arguments by which it is supported, especially of those which rest upon erroneous interpretations of Scandinavian words and antiquities; nor does he fail to express his disapprobation of this writer's unseasonable invectives against the Celts. (Om Picternes og deres Navns Oprindelse, S. 56. Kiøbenhavn, 1817, 8vo.)
4 Müller's Sagabibliothek, Bind i. S. 4. Kiøbenhavn, 1817-20, 3 Bind. 8vo.
5 Dr Sharpe has well stated that "war, invasion, conquest, treaties, intercourse with different nations, commerce, colonies, rise of arts, logical refinements, controversies, time or age, and the humours of a people, are all causes of alteration in language." (Two Dissertations, upon the Origin of Languages, and upon the original Powers of Letters, p. 35. edit. Lond. 1751, 8vo.)
7 "Duobus enim utuntur linguis, Scotica videlicet, et Teutonica, cujus linguae gens maritimas possidet et planas regiones: linguam vero gens Scoticae montanas inhabitat, et insulas ulteriores." (Forduni Scoticorum, vol. i. p. 44. edit. Godall.)
8 Pinkerton's Essay on the Origin of Scottish Poetry (p. lxxi.), prefixed to Ancient Scottish Poems. Lond. 1786, 2 vols. 8vo.