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... battle , was thought to derogate from their fame ; and the bards immediately transferred the glory of the action to him who had given that aid . Had Offian brought down gods , as often as Hoiner has done , to asfift his heroes , this ...
... battle , was thought to derogate from their fame ; and the bards immediately transferred the glory of the action to him who had given that aid . Had Offian brought down gods , as often as Hoiner has done , to asfift his heroes , this ...
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... battle which he fought against Caros , king of ships , on the banks of the winding Carun ( * ) . It is more than probable , that the Caros mentioned here , is the fame with the noted ufurper Caraufius , who asfum ed the purple in the ...
... battle which he fought against Caros , king of ships , on the banks of the winding Carun ( * ) . It is more than probable , that the Caros mentioned here , is the fame with the noted ufurper Caraufius , who asfum ed the purple in the ...
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... battle . I have not hitherto refted the merits of the question on the insufficiency of his arguments ; nor on his grofs ignorance of Celtic , and even English grammar : but I have charged him with avowedly publishing falfe- hoods ...
... battle . I have not hitherto refted the merits of the question on the insufficiency of his arguments ; nor on his grofs ignorance of Celtic , and even English grammar : but I have charged him with avowedly publishing falfe- hoods ...
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... battles : but , as he nuft needs make the hero of an epic poem a great charac ter , it was too great hon- our for any other country but Scotland , to have gi ven birth to fo confiderable a perfonage . P. 34 . Na SHAW contra SHAW ...
... battles : but , as he nuft needs make the hero of an epic poem a great charac ter , it was too great hon- our for any other country but Scotland , to have gi ven birth to fo confiderable a perfonage . P. 34 . Na SHAW contra SHAW ...
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... battle to the ene- my . Connal , the petty king of Togorma , and an intimate friend of Cuchullin , was for retreating , till Fingal , king of thofe Caledo- nians who inhabited the north - west coast of Scotland , whofe aid had been ...
... battle to the ene- my . Connal , the petty king of Togorma , and an intimate friend of Cuchullin , was for retreating , till Fingal , king of thofe Caledo- nians who inhabited the north - west coast of Scotland , whofe aid had been ...
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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