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Page viii
... 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 temporary king , or Vergobre- tus ( † ) , was chosen by them , and generally laid down his ...
... 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 temporary king , or Vergobre- tus ( † ) , was chosen by them , and generally laid down his ...
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... hands of feveral peo ple of tafte in Scotland , Frequent transfcription , and the corrections of those , who thought they mended the poems by modernizing the / ideas ( b ) 4 ideas , corrupted them to such a degree , that ANTIQUITY , & c ...
... hands of feveral peo ple of tafte in Scotland , Frequent transfcription , and the corrections of those , who thought they mended the poems by modernizing the / ideas ( b ) 4 ideas , corrupted them to such a degree , that ANTIQUITY , & c ...
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... hands , though rendered lefs complete by the ravages of time . The action of the poem that ftands the first , was not the greatest or most celebrated of the exploits of Fingal . His wars were very numerous , and each of them afforded a ...
... hands , though rendered lefs complete by the ravages of time . The action of the poem that ftands the first , was not the greatest or most celebrated of the exploits of Fingal . His wars were very numerous , and each of them afforded a ...
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Vol. I. James Macpherson. few fragments of them in the hands of the translator .. Tradition has ftill preserved , in many places , the story of the poems , and many now living have heard them ' in their youth , repeated . The complete ...
Vol. I. James Macpherson. few fragments of them in the hands of the translator .. Tradition has ftill preserved , in many places , the story of the poems , and many now living have heard them ' in their youth , repeated . The complete ...
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... hands . His Highland patrons in London became , therefore , indifferent about the propofed work , and the fubfcription for the dictionary went on very languidly and coldly . Mr. Shaw , however , having left the fervice , in which he was ...
... hands . His Highland patrons in London became , therefore , indifferent about the propofed work , and the fubfcription for the dictionary went on very languidly and coldly . Mr. Shaw , however , having left the fervice , in which he was ...
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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