The Poems of OssianBernhard Tauchnitz, 1847 - 382 pages |
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... Fingal , might have seen the Christians whom the persecution under Dioclesian had driven beyond the pale of the ... Fingal to the third century ; and this account agrees exactly with the Irish histories , which place the death of Fingal ...
... Fingal , might have seen the Christians whom the persecution under Dioclesian had driven beyond the pale of the ... Fingal to the third century ; and this account agrees exactly with the Irish histories , which place the death of Fingal ...
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... Fingal , who was then very young , came to the aid of Cormac , to- tally defeated Colc - ulla , chief of Atha , and re - established Cor- mac in the sole possession of all Ireland . It was then he fell in love with and took to wife ...
... Fingal , who was then very young , came to the aid of Cormac , to- tally defeated Colc - ulla , chief of Atha , and re - established Cor- mac in the sole possession of all Ireland . It was then he fell in love with and took to wife ...
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... Fingal of that name , who makes a considerable figure in Ossian's poems . The three elder sons of Fingal , Ossian , Fillan and Ryno , dying without issue , the suc- cession , of course , devolved upon Fergus , the fourth son , and his ...
... Fingal of that name , who makes a considerable figure in Ossian's poems . The three elder sons of Fingal , Ossian , Fillan and Ryno , dying without issue , the suc- cession , of course , devolved upon Fergus , the fourth son , and his ...
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... Fingal , are spoken of as familiarly known . Ancient bards are frequently alluded to . In one remarkable passage ... Fingal was an æra of distinguished splendour in that part of the world . Fingal reigned over a considerable territory ...
... Fingal , are spoken of as familiarly known . Ancient bards are frequently alluded to . In one remarkable passage ... Fingal was an æra of distinguished splendour in that part of the world . Fingal reigned over a considerable territory ...
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... Fingal is the first great poem in this collection , it is proper to begin with it . To refuse the title of an epic poem to Fingal , because it is not , in every little particular , exactly conformable to the practice of Homer and Virgil ...
... Fingal is the first great poem in this collection , it is proper to begin with it . To refuse the title of an epic poem to Fingal , because it is not , in every little particular , exactly conformable to the practice of Homer and Virgil ...
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