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Page iii
... POEMS OF OSSIAN the Son of FINGAL . nquiries into the antiquities of nations afford more I pleasure than any real advantage to mankind . The ingenious may form fystems of history on probabilities and a few facts ; but at a great ...
... POEMS OF OSSIAN the Son of FINGAL . nquiries into the antiquities of nations afford more I pleasure than any real advantage to mankind . The ingenious may form fystems of history on probabilities and a few facts ; but at a great ...
Page v
... over from thofe parts of Britain , that ( a ) 3 ( * ) Caf . 1. 5. Agric . l . I. c . 2 . ( + ) Cæfar , Pomp . Mela , Tacitus . are are within fight of Ireland , were the founders of ANTIQUITY , c . of OSSIAN's Poems . V.
... over from thofe parts of Britain , that ( a ) 3 ( * ) Caf . 1. 5. Agric . l . I. c . 2 . ( + ) Cæfar , Pomp . Mela , Tacitus . are are within fight of Ireland , were the founders of ANTIQUITY , c . of OSSIAN's Poems . V.
Page vii
... ple . The esteem of the populace foon increafed into a ( a ) 4 vene . ( † ) Cef . 1. 6. Liv . 1. 5. Tac . de mor . Germ . veneration for the order ; which a cunning and ambi- ANTIQUITY , & c . of OSSIAN's Poems . VII /
... ple . The esteem of the populace foon increafed into a ( a ) 4 vene . ( † ) Cef . 1. 6. Liv . 1. 5. Tac . de mor . Germ . veneration for the order ; which a cunning and ambi- ANTIQUITY , & c . of OSSIAN's Poems . VII /
Page viii
... poems , that celebrate Trathal and Cormac , ancestors to Fingal , are full of particulars concerning the fall of the Druids , which account for the total filence concerning their reli- gion , in the poems that are now given to the ...
... poems , that celebrate Trathal and Cormac , ancestors to Fingal , are full of particulars concerning the fall of the Druids , which account for the total filence concerning their reli- gion , in the poems that are now given to the ...
Page ix
... poems emphatically call the Roman em- peror , the Druids , to vindicate the honour of the or- der , began to refume their ancient privilege of chufing the Vergobretus . Garmal , the son of Tarno , being de- puted by them , came to the ...
... poems emphatically call the Roman em- peror , the Druids , to vindicate the honour of the or- der , began to refume their ancient privilege of chufing the Vergobretus . Garmal , the son of Tarno , being de- puted by them , came to the ...
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