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Page 7
... The occafion of this firft war , be- tween those heroes , is told by Offian in another poem , which the translator has feen , WORKS OF OSSIAN VOL . II FRANCFORT AND LEIPZIG PRINTED A 4 А РОЕМ . 7 Whither haft thou fled, o wind? faid the ...
... The occafion of this firft war , be- tween those heroes , is told by Offian in another poem , which the translator has feen , WORKS OF OSSIAN VOL . II FRANCFORT AND LEIPZIG PRINTED A 4 А РОЕМ . 7 Whither haft thou fled, o wind? faid the ...
Page 21
... those Caledonians who inhabited of old the eastern coast of Scotland . * ) Offian feldom fails to give his heroes , though enemies , that generofity of temper , which , it ap- pears from his poems , was a conspicuous part of his own ...
... those Caledonians who inhabited of old the eastern coast of Scotland . * ) Offian feldom fails to give his heroes , though enemies , that generofity of temper , which , it ap- pears from his poems , was a conspicuous part of his own ...
Page 66
... those times , concerning the ftate of the deceased , who were fuppofed to pursue , after death , the pleasures and employments of their former life . The fituation of Offian's heroes , in their fepara- te ftate , if not entirely happy ...
... those times , concerning the ftate of the deceased , who were fuppofed to pursue , after death , the pleasures and employments of their former life . The fituation of Offian's heroes , in their fepara- te ftate , if not entirely happy ...
Page 81
... those new divinities owed all their attributes to the fancy of the bard who fung their elegies . We do not find , that the praises of Fingal had this effect upon his countrymen ; but that is to be imputed to the idea they had of power ...
... those new divinities owed all their attributes to the fancy of the bard who fung their elegies . We do not find , that the praises of Fingal had this effect upon his countrymen ; but that is to be imputed to the idea they had of power ...
Page 107
... those of family were known by trangers , not from tawdry trappings of fta- te injudiciously thrown round them . The cause of this diftinguishing property , must , in some measure , be afcribed to their unmixed blood . They had no ...
... those of family were known by trangers , not from tawdry trappings of fta- te injudiciously thrown round them . The cause of this diftinguishing property , must , in some measure , be afcribed to their unmixed blood . They had no ...
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Æneid arms arofe art thou bards battle beam behold Berrathon blaft boar bofom breaft Cathlin Cathmor chief clouds Comhal courfe Croma Crothar dark darkneſs daugh daughter death defart defcended diftant doft thou Duth dwells ecchoing epifode eyes faid failed fame father feaft fecret feeble feen fell fent fhall fhells fhield fhould fide figh filent Fingal fome fon of Morni fong foul fpear fpread ftars fteel fteps ftone ftood ftorm ftory ftranger ftream ftrength ftrife fword Gaul ghofts hall harp heard heroes hill himſelf hoft huna ifle king Larthmor Lathmon Lochlin locks Loda Lutha maid Malvina mift mighty moffy moon Morven night Nuäth Offian Oina Oithóna paffed poem race raifed raiſed reft renown rife roar rock rofe rolled rufh Ryno Scandinavia Selma Starno ſteps Swaran tears thee thofe thoſe Three bards thro Tofcar tomb Torcul Trenmor Uthal vale voice warriors waves winds youth