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... Scotland , and which are undoubtedly Celtic , one would be tempted to differ in opinion from that celebrated writer . The Ger- mans , properly fa called , were not the fame with the ancient Celta . The manners and cuftoms of the two ...
... Scotland , and which are undoubtedly Celtic , one would be tempted to differ in opinion from that celebrated writer . The Ger- mans , properly fa called , were not the fame with the ancient Celta . The manners and cuftoms of the two ...
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... Scotland , that the ancient Caledonians were defcended . But whether the Caledonians were a colony of the Celtic Germans , or the fame with the Gauls that firft 1 posfeffed themselves of Britain , is a matter of no mo- ment at this ...
... Scotland , that the ancient Caledonians were defcended . But whether the Caledonians were a colony of the Celtic Germans , or the fame with the Gauls that firft 1 posfeffed themselves of Britain , is a matter of no mo- ment at this ...
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... Scotland , Frequent transfcription , and the corrections of those , who thought they mended the poems by modernizing the / ideas ( b ) 4 ideas , corrupted them to such a degree , that ANTIQUITY , & c . of OSSIAN's Poems . XXIII.
... Scotland , Frequent transfcription , and the corrections of those , who thought they mended the poems by modernizing the / ideas ( b ) 4 ideas , corrupted them to such a degree , that ANTIQUITY , & c . of OSSIAN's Poems . XXIII.
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... Scotland , for his taste and knowledge in polite literature , and published the genuine copies under the title of Fragments of Ancient Poetry . The fragments , upon their firft appearance , were fo much approved of , that several people ...
... Scotland , for his taste and knowledge in polite literature , and published the genuine copies under the title of Fragments of Ancient Poetry . The fragments , upon their firft appearance , were fo much approved of , that several people ...
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... Scotland , he was admitted a clergy- man in that church ; and because he had no immediate chance of a living in it , he went to London , where he was employed for fome ti- me by a merchant , a native of Scotland , in the tuition of his ...
... Scotland , he was admitted a clergy- man in that church ; and because he had no immediate chance of a living in it , he went to London , where he was employed for fome ti- me by a merchant , a native of Scotland , in the tuition of his ...
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