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Page iii
... Son of FINGAL . nquiries into the antiquities of nations afford more I pleasure than any real advantage to mankind . The ingenious may form fystems of history on probabilities and a few facts ; but at a great distance of time , their ...
... Son of FINGAL . nquiries into the antiquities of nations afford more I pleasure than any real advantage to mankind . The ingenious may form fystems of history on probabilities and a few facts ; but at a great distance of time , their ...
Page ix
... son of Tarno , being de- puted by them , came to the grandfather of the celebrat- ed Fingal , who was then Vergobretus , and command- ed him , in the name of the whole order , to lay down his office . Upon his refusal , a civil war ...
... son of Tarno , being de- puted by them , came to the grandfather of the celebrat- ed Fingal , who was then Vergobretus , and command- ed him , in the name of the whole order , to lay down his office . Upon his refusal , a civil war ...
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... Son of the King of the World . The space of time between 211 , the year Severus died , and the beginning of the fourth century , is not fo great , but Offian the son of Fingal , might have seen the Christians , whom the perfecution ...
... Son of the King of the World . The space of time between 211 , the year Severus died , and the beginning of the fourth century , is not fo great , but Offian the son of Fingal , might have seen the Christians , whom the perfecution ...
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... Son of the fea , - put on thy arms ! Calmar , lift thy founding fteel ! Puno ! horrid hero , rife : Cairbar , from thy red tree of Cromla . Bend thy white knee , O Eth ; and defcend from the ftreams of Lena . Ca - olt , ftretch thy ...
... Son of the fea , - put on thy arms ! Calmar , lift thy founding fteel ! Puno ! horrid hero , rife : Cairbar , from thy red tree of Cromla . Bend thy white knee , O Eth ; and defcend from the ftreams of Lena . Ca - olt , ftretch thy ...
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... son of Arno . What murmur rolls along the hill like the gathered flies of evening ? The fons of Innis- fail descend , or ruftling winds roar in the di- ftant wood . Such is the noife of Gormal befo- re [ 5 ] Ως δ ' ότε χείμαῤῥοι ποταμοί ...
... son of Arno . What murmur rolls along the hill like the gathered flies of evening ? The fons of Innis- fail descend , or ruftling winds roar in the di- ftant wood . Such is the noife of Gormal befo- re [ 5 ] Ως δ ' ότε χείμαῤῥοι ποταμοί ...
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againſt ancient arms bards battle beam blaft breaft Cairbar Calmar Carril cave chace chief clouds compofitions Cona Connal Cromla Crugal Cuchullin dark daugh daughter death defart Druids Duchomar ecchoing Engliſh Erin faid fame feaft feen fhall fhells fhew fhield fhips fhould fide figh fight filent Fillan Fingal fnow fome fon of Semo fong foul fpear friends fteel ftill ftones ftood ftorm ftream ftrength ftrong fubject fuch fword Gaelic Gaelic language Gaul ghofts hand heath heroes Highlands hill himſelf ifle Innisfail Ireland Iriſh king of Morven Lamderg language Lena Lochlin Macpherſon maid manufcripts mift mighty Morna moſt night noife Ofcar Offian paffage perfon poems publiſhed racter raife raiſe reft rife roaring rock Ryno Scotland SHAW contra SHAW Shaw's Analyfis Shaw's Inquiry Starno Swaran Temora thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand Torman translation Trenmor Ullin uſed voice waves wind youth