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Page iv
... bards , which , by the viciffitude of human affairs , are long fince loft . Their ancient language is the only monument that remains of them ; ( * ) Plin . 1. 6 . them ; and the traces of it being found in IV A DISSERTATION concerning the.
... bards , which , by the viciffitude of human affairs , are long fince loft . Their ancient language is the only monument that remains of them ; ( * ) Plin . 1. 6 . them ; and the traces of it being found in IV A DISSERTATION concerning the.
Page x
... bards . That race of men carried their notions of martial honour to an extravagant pitch . Any aid given their heroes in battle , was thought to derogate from their fame ; and the bards immediately transferred the glory of the action to ...
... bards . That race of men carried their notions of martial honour to an extravagant pitch . Any aid given their heroes in battle , was thought to derogate from their fame ; and the bards immediately transferred the glory of the action to ...
Page xvii
... bards . In the mean time , men asfumed fentiments , that are rarely to be met with in an age of barbarism . The bards who were ori- ginally the difciples of the Druids , had their mind's opened , and their ideas enlarged , by being ...
... bards . In the mean time , men asfumed fentiments , that are rarely to be met with in an age of barbarism . The bards who were ori- ginally the difciples of the Druids , had their mind's opened , and their ideas enlarged , by being ...
Page xviii
... bards , and rivalled by his own heroes , who imitated his character as defcribed in the eulogies of his poets , endeavoured to excel his people in merit , as he was above them in ftation . This emulation con- tinuing , formed at laft ...
... bards , and rivalled by his own heroes , who imitated his character as defcribed in the eulogies of his poets , endeavoured to excel his people in merit , as he was above them in ftation . This emulation con- tinuing , formed at laft ...
Page xix
... bards were employed to repeat the poems , and to record the connexion of their patrons with chiefs fo renowned . Every chief in process of time had a bard în his family ; and the office became at laft hereditary . By the fuccef- fion of ...
... bards were employed to repeat the poems , and to record the connexion of their patrons with chiefs fo renowned . Every chief in process of time had a bard în his family ; and the office became at laft hereditary . By the fuccef- fion of ...
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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