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... must be allowed , that there are no traces of religion in the poems adfcribed to Offian ; as the poetical compofitions of other nations are fo clofely connected with their my- thology . It is hard to account for it , to thofe who are ...
... must be allowed , that there are no traces of religion in the poems adfcribed to Offian ; as the poetical compofitions of other nations are fo clofely connected with their my- thology . It is hard to account for it , to thofe who are ...
Page xvii
... must be loft , or altogether corrupted in a long fucceffion TM of barbarous generations . Thefe objections naturally fuggett themfelves to men unacquainted with the ancient state of the northern parts of Britain . " The bards , who were ...
... must be loft , or altogether corrupted in a long fucceffion TM of barbarous generations . Thefe objections naturally fuggett themfelves to men unacquainted with the ancient state of the northern parts of Britain . " The bards , who were ...
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... must decline , because it is too refpect- able to be written on the fame page with , that of Mr. Shaw . In p . 59. he fays , that he is the only Scotch- man , who can decypher old manufcripts ; and the reafon assigned is , that he ...
... must decline , because it is too refpect- able to be written on the fame page with , that of Mr. Shaw . In p . 59. he fays , that he is the only Scotch- man , who can decypher old manufcripts ; and the reafon assigned is , that he ...
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... the difference of orthography ufed by thefe gentlemen , to be an unanswerable argument , that the Poems of Offian must be fpurious . Here one cannot perufe 1 1 perufe the Colonel's defence of the Irish with greater ( 28 )
... the difference of orthography ufed by thefe gentlemen , to be an unanswerable argument , that the Poems of Offian must be fpurious . Here one cannot perufe 1 1 perufe the Colonel's defence of the Irish with greater ( 28 )
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... must view Mr. Shaw's conduct with indignation , for bringing this as an argument against the authenticity of Offian's Poems , after what he himself had written . Mr. Shaw fays in the 15th page of his Analyfis , " Unlike the Irish , the ...
... must view Mr. Shaw's conduct with indignation , for bringing this as an argument against the authenticity of Offian's Poems , after what he himself had written . Mr. Shaw fays in the 15th page of his Analyfis , " Unlike the Irish , the ...
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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