The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 3J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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Page xxiv
... fion of foreigners , or the tyranny of do- meftic ufurpers ; in fo much , that the Saxon race formed perhaps near one half of the Scottish kingdom . The Saxon manners and language daily gained ground , on the tongue and cuftoms of the ...
... fion of foreigners , or the tyranny of do- meftic ufurpers ; in fo much , that the Saxon race formed perhaps near one half of the Scottish kingdom . The Saxon manners and language daily gained ground , on the tongue and cuftoms of the ...
Page xxxvi
... Fion Mac Comnal . This Fion , fay the Irish an- nalifts , was general of the militia of Ireland , in the reign of Cormac , in the third cen- tury . Where Keating and O'Flaherty learn- ed , that Ireland had an embodied militia fo early ...
... Fion Mac Comnal . This Fion , fay the Irish an- nalifts , was general of the militia of Ireland , in the reign of Cormac , in the third cen- tury . Where Keating and O'Flaherty learn- ed , that Ireland had an embodied militia fo early ...
Page xxxvii
... Fion was not ing ferior to them in height . A chos air Cromleach , druim - ard , Chos eile air Crom - meal dubh , Thoga Fion le lamh mhoir An d'uifge o Lubhair na fruth . With one foot on Cromleach his brow , The other on Crommal the ...
... Fion was not ing ferior to them in height . A chos air Cromleach , druim - ard , Chos eile air Crom - meal dubh , Thoga Fion le lamh mhoir An d'uifge o Lubhair na fruth . With one foot on Cromleach his brow , The other on Crommal the ...
Page xxxviii
... FION O ALBIN , fiol nan laoich . FION from ALBION , race of heroes ! Were it allowable to contradict the authority of a bard , at this distance of time , I should have given as my opinion , that this enor mous Fion was of the race of ...
... FION O ALBIN , fiol nan laoich . FION from ALBION , race of heroes ! Were it allowable to contradict the authority of a bard , at this distance of time , I should have given as my opinion , that this enor mous Fion was of the race of ...
Page xl
... Fion Mac Comnal flourished in the reign of Cor- mac , which is placed , by the universal con- fent of the fenachies , in the third century . They even fix the death of Fingal in the year 286 , yet his fon Offian is made co- temporary ...
... Fion Mac Comnal flourished in the reign of Cor- mac , which is placed , by the universal con- fent of the fenachies , in the third century . They even fix the death of Fingal in the year 286 , yet his fon Offian is made co- temporary ...
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