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Vol. I. James Macpherson. community . It is then hiftorians begin to write , and public transactions to be worthy remembrance . The actions of former times are left in obfcurity , or magni- fied by uncertain traditions . Hence it is that ...
Vol. I. James Macpherson. community . It is then hiftorians begin to write , and public transactions to be worthy remembrance . The actions of former times are left in obfcurity , or magni- fied by uncertain traditions . Hence it is that ...
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Vol. I. James Macpherson. leaft allufion to it , or any of its rites , in his poems : which abfolutely fixes him to an æra prior . to the intro , duction of that religion . The perfecution begun by Dio- cletian , in the year 303 , is the ...
Vol. I. James Macpherson. leaft allufion to it , or any of its rites , in his poems : which abfolutely fixes him to an æra prior . to the intro , duction of that religion . The perfecution begun by Dio- cletian , in the year 303 , is the ...
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Vol. I. James Macpherson. し by tradition through fo many centuries . Ages of barba- rifm , fome will fay , could not produce poems abounding with the disinterested and generous feutiments too confpi- cuous in the compofitions of Offian ...
Vol. I. James Macpherson. し by tradition through fo many centuries . Ages of barba- rifm , fome will fay , could not produce poems abounding with the disinterested and generous feutiments too confpi- cuous in the compofitions of Offian ...
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Vol. I. James Macpherson. I racter to their prince . The inferior chiefs made this ideal character the model of their conduct , and by de grees brought their minds to that generous fpirit , which breathes in all the poetry of the times ...
Vol. I. James Macpherson. I racter to their prince . The inferior chiefs made this ideal character the model of their conduct , and by de grees brought their minds to that generous fpirit , which breathes in all the poetry of the times ...
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Vol. I. James Macpherson. ed to place the founders of their families in the days of fable , when poetry , without the fear of contradiction , could give what characters she pleased of her heroes . It is to this vanity that we owe the ...
Vol. I. James Macpherson. ed to place the founders of their families in the days of fable , when poetry , without the fear of contradiction , could give what characters she pleased of her heroes . It is to this vanity that we owe the ...
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