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... 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.
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... thofe who are not made acquainted with the manner of the old Scot- tifh bards . That race of men carried their notions of martial honour to an extravagant pitch . Any aid given their heroes in battle , was thought to derogate from their ...
... thofe who are not made acquainted with the manner of the old Scot- tifh bards . That race of men carried their notions of martial honour to an extravagant pitch . Any aid given their heroes in battle , was thought to derogate from their ...
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... thofe that write in the Galic language , seldom mention religion in their profane poetry ; and when they profeffedly write of religion , they never interlard with their compofitions , the actions of their heroes . This cuftom alone ...
... thofe that write in the Galic language , seldom mention religion in their profane poetry ; and when they profeffedly write of religion , they never interlard with their compofitions , the actions of their heroes . This cuftom alone ...
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... thofe times . Accord Every one knows , what a cloud of ignorance and barbarifin overfpread the north of Europe three hundred years ago . The minds of men , addicted to fuperstition , contracted a narrowness that deftroyed genius . ingly ...
... thofe times . Accord Every one knows , what a cloud of ignorance and barbarifin overfpread the north of Europe three hundred years ago . The minds of men , addicted to fuperstition , contracted a narrowness that deftroyed genius . ingly ...
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... reader . The manner of thofe compofitions is fo different from other poems , and the ideas fo confined to the most early state of so- ciety , that it was thought they had not enough cie- XXII A DISSERTATION concerning the.
... reader . The manner of thofe compofitions is fo different from other poems , and the ideas fo confined to the most early state of so- ciety , that it was thought they had not enough cie- XXII A DISSERTATION concerning the.
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