Works of Ossian: Vol. I.Fleischer, 1783 |
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Page xiii
... appearance he did , his epoch will be the latter end of the third , and beginning of the fourth century . What puts this point beyond dispute , is the allufion in his poems to the hiftory of the tines . The exploits of Fingal against ...
... appearance he did , his epoch will be the latter end of the third , and beginning of the fourth century . What puts this point beyond dispute , is the allufion in his poems to the hiftory of the tines . The exploits of Fingal against ...
Page xv
... , to give them the appearance of antiqui- ty . This fraud muft then have been committed at least three ( * ) Car - avon , Winding river . three ages ago , as the paffages , in which ANTIQUITY , & c . of OSSIAN's Poems . XV.
... , to give them the appearance of antiqui- ty . This fraud muft then have been committed at least three ( * ) Car - avon , Winding river . three ages ago , as the paffages , in which ANTIQUITY , & c . of OSSIAN's Poems . XV.
Page xxiv
... appearance , were fo much approved of , that several people of rank , as well as tafte , prevailed with the translator to make a journey to the Highlands and weftern ifles , in order to recover what remained of the works of Offian the ...
... appearance , were fo much approved of , that several people of rank , as well as tafte , prevailed with the translator to make a journey to the Highlands and weftern ifles , in order to recover what remained of the works of Offian the ...
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... appearance in the Public : the Editor of this fecond German Edition of Offian's Works , to the preceeding Disfertation of the Translator has joined the latest Apology of a learned Highlander ; who has beft defended that noble cause ...
... appearance in the Public : the Editor of this fecond German Edition of Offian's Works , to the preceeding Disfertation of the Translator has joined the latest Apology of a learned Highlander ; who has beft defended that noble cause ...
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... appearance in public , it was foon perceived , that , from his ignorance in the first principles of the language , nothing was to be exfpected from a dictionary compofed by fuch unfkilful hands . His Highland patrons in London became ...
... appearance in public , it was foon perceived , that , from his ignorance in the first principles of the language , nothing was to be exfpected from a dictionary compofed by fuch unfkilful hands . His Highland patrons in London became ...
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