Works of Ossian: Vol. IV.1783 |
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... Offian and Gaul the fon of Morni , This exploit of Gaul and Offian bears a near re- femblance to the beautiful epifode of Nifus and Euryalus in Virgil's ninth Æneid . The poen opens , with the first appearance of Fingal on the coaft of ...
... Offian and Gaul the fon of Morni , This exploit of Gaul and Offian bears a near re- femblance to the beautiful epifode of Nifus and Euryalus in Virgil's ninth Æneid . The poen opens , with the first appearance of Fingal on the coaft of ...
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... Offian afcended the hill ; and thrice ftruck his boffy fhield . The rock * ) It is faid , by tradition , that it was the intelligence of Lathmon's invafion , that occafioned Fingal's re- turn from Ireland ; though Cffian , more ...
... Offian afcended the hill ; and thrice ftruck his boffy fhield . The rock * ) It is faid , by tradition , that it was the intelligence of Lathmon's invafion , that occafioned Fingal's re- turn from Ireland ; though Cffian , more ...
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... Offian's fhield : he knew the fign of battle . He started at once from his place . His gray hair parted on his back . He remembers the actions of other years . My fon , he faid to fair - haired Gaul , I hear the found of battle . The ...
... Offian's fhield : he knew the fign of battle . He started at once from his place . His gray hair parted on his back . He remembers the actions of other years . My fon , he faid to fair - haired Gaul , I hear the found of battle . The ...
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... Offian ! thou haft fought in battles : the blood of ftran- gers is on thy fpear ; let thy courfe be with Gaul in the ftrife : but depart not from the fide of Fingal ; left the foe find you alone ; and your fame fail at once . I faw ...
... Offian ! thou haft fought in battles : the blood of ftran- gers is on thy fpear ; let thy courfe be with Gaul in the ftrife : but depart not from the fide of Fingal ; left the foe find you alone ; and your fame fail at once . I faw ...
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... Offian ! and fair - hair- ed Gaul ! ye are fwift in the race . Obferve the foes of Fingal from that woody hill . approach them not , your fathers are not near to fhield you . Let not your fame fall at once . The valour of youth may fail ...
... Offian ! and fair - hair- ed Gaul ! ye are fwift in the race . Obferve the foes of Fingal from that woody hill . approach them not , your fathers are not near to fhield you . Let not your fame fall at once . The valour of youth may fail ...
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