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Page xi
... raised in the minds of men fome idea of a fuperior being . Hence it is , that in the darkest times , and amongst the most barbar- ous nations , the very populace themselves had fome faint notion , at least , of a divinity . It would be ...
... raised in the minds of men fome idea of a fuperior being . Hence it is , that in the darkest times , and amongst the most barbar- ous nations , the very populace themselves had fome faint notion , at least , of a divinity . It would be ...
Page xx
... raised to a certain key , that it was almost impoffible , from a funilarity of found , to fubftitute one word for another . This excellence is peculiar to the Celtic , ton- gue , and is perhaps to be met with in no other langua ge . Nor ...
... raised to a certain key , that it was almost impoffible , from a funilarity of found , to fubftitute one word for another . This excellence is peculiar to the Celtic , ton- gue , and is perhaps to be met with in no other langua ge . Nor ...
Page 46
... raise . " 2 The question has been thus answered by Mr. Shaw himself , long before he put it ; and the paffage requires no comment . Mr. Shaw tells us , that he offered to pur- chafe any number of lines of the original of Offian , from ...
... raise . " 2 The question has been thus answered by Mr. Shaw himself , long before he put it ; and the paffage requires no comment . Mr. Shaw tells us , that he offered to pur- chafe any number of lines of the original of Offian , from ...
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... raise the youth to match the blood of kings . Tre- nar , lovely Trenar died , thou maid of Inisto- re . His gray dogs are howling at home , and fee his paffing ghoft . His bow is in the hall unftrung . No found is in the heath of his ...
... raise the youth to match the blood of kings . Tre- nar , lovely Trenar died , thou maid of Inisto- re . His gray dogs are howling at home , and fee his paffing ghoft . His bow is in the hall unftrung . No found is in the heath of his ...
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... raised the fong of grief . She fung of the actions of Grudar , the youth of her fecret foul . She mourned him in the field of blood ; but ftill fhe hoped for his return . Her white bofom is feen from her robe , as the moon from the ...
... raised the fong of grief . She fung of the actions of Grudar , the youth of her fecret foul . She mourned him in the field of blood ; but ftill fhe hoped for his return . Her white bofom is feen from her robe , as the moon from 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