The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 3J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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... strangers yielded to the celebrated Ton - iofal ; and for hardness of skull , and , perhaps , for thick- nefs too , the valiant Ofcar ftood unrivalled and alone . Offian himself had many fingu- lar and lefs delicate qualifications ...
... strangers yielded to the celebrated Ton - iofal ; and for hardness of skull , and , perhaps , for thick- nefs too , the valiant Ofcar ftood unrivalled and alone . Offian himself had many fingu- lar and lefs delicate qualifications ...
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... STRANGER SHOULD COME AND BEHOLD HIS CONTRACTED SOUL . Some of the chiefs were poffeffed of this hofpitable dif ... Strangers lead , was an invariable epithet given by them to the chiefs ; on the contrary , they diftin 1 2 banks of ...
... STRANGER SHOULD COME AND BEHOLD HIS CONTRACTED SOUL . Some of the chiefs were poffeffed of this hofpitable dif ... Strangers lead , was an invariable epithet given by them to the chiefs ; on the contrary , they diftin 1 2 banks of ...
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... strangers . The winds lift his ( 1 ) The poet begins here to mark ftrongly the character of Fillan , who is to make fo great a figure in the fequel of the poem . He has the impa- tience , the ambition and fire which are peculiar to a ...
... strangers . The winds lift his ( 1 ) The poet begins here to mark ftrongly the character of Fillan , who is to make fo great a figure in the fequel of the poem . He has the impa- tience , the ambition and fire which are peculiar to a ...
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... to the defcription introduced here . The horrid circle of Brumo , where often , they faid , the ghosts of the dead howled round the tone of fear . Fing . the lights it , before the nightly stranger . Shud- 48 Book II : TEMORA :
... to the defcription introduced here . The horrid circle of Brumo , where often , they faid , the ghosts of the dead howled round the tone of fear . Fing . the lights it , before the nightly stranger . Shud- 48 Book II : TEMORA :
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the lights it , before the nightly stranger . Shud- dering , he stops in his journey , and looks up for the beam of the morn . ar - Je - b ( 1 ) Why delights Foldath , faid the king , to pour the blood of foes , by night ? Fails his arm ...
the lights it , before the nightly stranger . Shud- dering , he stops in his journey , and looks up for the beam of the morn . ar - Je - b ( 1 ) Why delights Foldath , faid the king , to pour the blood of foes , by night ? Fails his arm ...
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againſt amidſt antient arife army arofe art thou Atha bards battle beam behold bending blaft Caël Cairbar Caledonians Carril Cathmor chief circumftance Clatho Clono cloud compofitions Conar Cormac courfe courſe Crothar Cuchullin dark darkneſs daugh death defart defcended epifode Erin eyes faid fame father feaft fecret feem fent Ferad-artho fide field filent Fillan Fingal Fion Firbolg firft firſt Foldath fome fong foul fpear fpirit fteel fteps ftill ftood ftrangers ftreams ftrength ftrife fword Gaul ghofts gleaming grey harp hear heard heath hero hill himſelf hoft Inis-huna Irish king of Ireland Larthon lift Lubar Lumon Malthos mift miſt moffy Moi-lena Moma Mora Morni Morven moſt night Ofcar Offian paffage perfon Picts pleaſant poem poet poffeffed raiſed reft renowned rife rock roes rofe rolled Scots shield ſteps Strutha Sul-malla Temora thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflation Trenmor Ullin vale voice warriors waves winds