The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 3J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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... , as well as Gauls , or Celts , fome have imagined , that the ancestors of the Caledonians were of a different race from the reft of the Britons , " and that they received their name upon that account I A DISSERTATION .
... , as well as Gauls , or Celts , fome have imagined , that the ancestors of the Caledonians were of a different race from the reft of the Britons , " and that they received their name upon that account I A DISSERTATION .
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... ancestor to Cairbar and Cathmor , who fuccefively mounted the Irish throne , after the death of Cormac , the fon of Artho . I forbear to transcribe the paffage , on account of its length . It is the fong of Fonar , the bard ; towards ...
... ancestor to Cairbar and Cathmor , who fuccefively mounted the Irish throne , after the death of Cormac , the fon of Artho . I forbear to transcribe the paffage , on account of its length . It is the fong of Fonar , the bard ; towards ...
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... as well as power , being the moft predominant , retain- ed ftill their language , and as many of the cuftoms of their ancestors , as suited with the nature of the country they poffeffed . Even the A DISSERTATION . xxiij.
... as well as power , being the moft predominant , retain- ed ftill their language , and as many of the cuftoms of their ancestors , as suited with the nature of the country they poffeffed . Even the A DISSERTATION . xxiij.
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... ancestors remains ed among them , and their language retain ed its original purity . Naturally fond of military fame , and remarkably attached to the memory of their ancestors , they delight- ed in traditions and fongs , concerning the ...
... ancestors remains ed among them , and their language retain ed its original purity . Naturally fond of military fame , and remarkably attached to the memory of their ancestors , they delight- ed in traditions and fongs , concerning the ...
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... ancestors , with the defpicable appellation of barbarians . Sober reafon can easily discern where the title ought to be fixed with more propriety . As prejudice is always the effect of igno- rance , the knowing , the men of true tafte ...
... ancestors , with the defpicable appellation of barbarians . Sober reafon can easily discern where the title ought to be fixed with more propriety . As prejudice is always the effect of igno- rance , the knowing , the men of true tafte ...
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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