Works of Ossian: Vol. IIFleischer, 1783 |
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... against the Cale donians . 1 The variety of the measure fhews , that the poem was originally fet to mulic , and perhaps presented before the chiefs upon folemn occafions . Tradition has handed down the ftory more complete , than it is ...
... against the Cale donians . 1 The variety of the measure fhews , that the poem was originally fet to mulic , and perhaps presented before the chiefs upon folemn occafions . Tradition has handed down the ftory more complete , than it is ...
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... against the kings of the world ! Tell me the deeds of future times ; and your discourfe in your caves ; when you talk together , and behold your fons in the fields of the valiant . B 4 Tren- Trenmor came , from his hill , as the voice A ...
... against the kings of the world ! Tell me the deeds of future times ; and your discourfe in your caves ; when you talk together , and behold your fons in the fields of the valiant . B 4 Tren- Trenmor came , from his hill , as the voice A ...
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... against the wall ; he liftens to the fong of his bards . The deeds of his arm are heard ; and the actions of the king in his youth . - Ofcar had returned from the chace , and heard the hero's praise . He took the shield of Branno ...
... against the wall ; he liftens to the fong of his bards . The deeds of his arm are heard ; and the actions of the king in his youth . - Ofcar had returned from the chace , and heard the hero's praise . He took the shield of Branno ...
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... against his fa- ther - in - law , Annir king of Inis - thona , in order to deprive him of his kingdom : the injustice of his defigns was so much resented by Fingal , that he fent his grandfon , Ofcar , to the affistance of Annir . Both ...
... against his fa- ther - in - law , Annir king of Inis - thona , in order to deprive him of his kingdom : the injustice of his defigns was so much resented by Fingal , that he fent his grandfon , Ofcar , to the affistance of Annir . Both ...
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... red in blood . Let us leave the hills of Fingal , and ferve the king of Sora . His * ) This was at Fingal's return from his war against * Swaran , POE His countenance is fierce , and the war darkens 44 THE BATTLE OF LORA :
... red in blood . Let us leave the hills of Fingal , and ferve the king of Sora . His * ) This was at Fingal's return from his war against * Swaran , POE His countenance is fierce , and the war darkens 44 THE BATTLE OF LORA :
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