The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 3J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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Page ix
... bards had carried their pretenfions to antiquity as high , if not beyond any nation in Europe . It was from them he took thofe improbable fictions , which form the first part of his history . The writers that fucceeded Fordun impli ...
... bards had carried their pretenfions to antiquity as high , if not beyond any nation in Europe . It was from them he took thofe improbable fictions , which form the first part of his history . The writers that fucceeded Fordun impli ...
Page xviii
... bard ; towards the latter end of the feventh book of Temora ( 1 ) . As the generations from Larthon to Cathmor , to whom the episode is addreffed , are not marked , as are those of the family of Conar , the firft king of Ireland , we ...
... bard ; towards the latter end of the feventh book of Temora ( 1 ) . As the generations from Larthon to Cathmor , to whom the episode is addreffed , are not marked , as are those of the family of Conar , the firft king of Ireland , we ...
Page xxvii
... bards was retained in every clan , to hand down the memorable actions of their fore- fathers . As the era of Fingal , on account of Offian's poems , was the moft remarkable , and his chiefs the most renowned names in tradition , the bards ...
... bards was retained in every clan , to hand down the memorable actions of their fore- fathers . As the era of Fingal , on account of Offian's poems , was the moft remarkable , and his chiefs the most renowned names in tradition , the bards ...
Page xxviii
... bards have their beauties , but not in that fpecies of compofition in which Offian excels . Their rhimes , only calculated to kindle a martial spirit among the vulgar , afford very little pleasure to genuine tafte . This obfervation ...
... bards have their beauties , but not in that fpecies of compofition in which Offian excels . Their rhimes , only calculated to kindle a martial spirit among the vulgar , afford very little pleasure to genuine tafte . This obfervation ...
Page xxxi
... bards and the more recent and regular legends of both Irish and Scottish hiftorians . I mean not to give offence to the abettors of the high antiquities of the two nations , though I have all along expreffed my doubts , concerning the ...
... bards and the more recent and regular legends of both Irish and Scottish hiftorians . I mean not to give offence to the abettors of the high antiquities of the two nations , though I have all along expreffed my doubts , concerning the ...
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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