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Page vii
... chief fway . This order of men feems to have been forined on the fame fytem with the Dactyli Idai and Curetes of the ancients . Their pretended intercourse with heaven , their magic and divination were the fame . The know- ledge of the ...
... chief fway . This order of men feems to have been forined on the fame fytem with the Dactyli Idai and Curetes of the ancients . Their pretended intercourse with heaven , their magic and divination were the fame . The know- ledge of the ...
Page viii
... chiefs were allowed to exfecute the laws , but the legislative power was entirely : in the hands of the Druids ( * ) . It was by their authority . that the tribes were united , in times of the greatest dan ger , under one head . This ...
... chiefs were allowed to exfecute the laws , but the legislative power was entirely : in the hands of the Druids ( * ) . It was by their authority . that the tribes were united , in times of the greatest dan ger , under one head . This ...
Page ix
... chief magistrate , was chofen without the concurrence of the hierarchy , or continued in his office against their will . Continual power strengthened his intereft among the tribes , and enabled him to fend down , as hereditary to his ...
... chief magistrate , was chofen without the concurrence of the hierarchy , or continued in his office against their will . Continual power strengthened his intereft among the tribes , and enabled him to fend down , as hereditary to his ...
Page xviii
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 ...
Page xix
... 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 thefe bards , the poeins concerning the ancestors of the family were handed down from ...
... 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 thefe bards , the poeins concerning the ancestors of the family were handed down from ...
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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