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... to him who had given that aid . Had Offian brought down gods , as often as Hoiner has done , to asfift his heroes , this poem had not confift- ed 1 ed of eulogiums on his friends , but of hymns * A DISSERTATION concerning the.
... to him who had given that aid . Had Offian brought down gods , as often as Hoiner has done , to asfift his heroes , this poem had not confift- ed 1 ed of eulogiums on his friends , but of hymns * A DISSERTATION concerning the.
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Vol. I. James Macpherson. ed of eulogiums on his friends , but of hymns to these fuperior beings . To this day , thofe that write in the Galic language , seldom mention religion in their profane poetry ; and when they profeffedly write ...
Vol. I. James Macpherson. ed of eulogiums on his friends , but of hymns to these fuperior beings . To this day , thofe that write in the Galic language , seldom mention religion in their profane poetry ; and when they profeffedly write ...
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... Friendship is inviolable , and revenge lefs blindly followed than formerly , To fpeak of the poetical merit of the poems , would be an anticipation on the judgment of the public : And all that can bę faid of the translation , is , that ...
... Friendship is inviolable , and revenge lefs blindly followed than formerly , To fpeak of the poetical merit of the poems , would be an anticipation on the judgment of the public : And all that can bę faid of the translation , is , that ...
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... friendship or esteem of thofe to whom he applied ; he therefore met with very little fuccefs in his journey . His profeffed defign to refcue , ' what he called the dying language of his country , recommended him , however , to a ...
... friendship or esteem of thofe to whom he applied ; he therefore met with very little fuccefs in his journey . His profeffed defign to refcue , ' what he called the dying language of his country , recommended him , however , to a ...
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... friend . " Had the refpect , which , throughout his pamphlet , he affects to pay the Doctor , been fincere , he would not , furely , have thus intro- duced him , to make him ridiculous . Mr. Shaw knew very well , that the Doctor had ...
... friend . " Had the refpect , which , throughout his pamphlet , he affects to pay the Doctor , been fincere , he would not , furely , have thus intro- duced him , to make him ridiculous . Mr. Shaw knew very well , that the Doctor had ...
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