The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 3J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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... which nations derive from ancestors , worthy , or renowned , is merely ideal . It may buoy up the minds of individuals , but it contributes very little to their importance in the eyes of others . xxxij A DISSERTATION .
... which nations derive from ancestors , worthy , or renowned , is merely ideal . It may buoy up the minds of individuals , but it contributes very little to their importance in the eyes of others . xxxij A DISSERTATION .
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little to their importance in the eyes of others . -But of all those prejudices which are in- cident to narrow minds , that which measures the merit of performances by the vulgar opinion , concerning the country which produced them , is ...
little to their importance in the eyes of others . -But of all those prejudices which are in- cident to narrow minds , that which measures the merit of performances by the vulgar opinion , concerning the country which produced them , is ...
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... eyes of any perfon tolerably converfant with the Irish tongue . The idiom is fo corrupted and fo many words borrowed from the English , that that language must have made confide- rable progress in Ireland before the poems- were writ ...
... eyes of any perfon tolerably converfant with the Irish tongue . The idiom is fo corrupted and fo many words borrowed from the English , that that language must have made confide- rable progress in Ireland before the poems- were writ ...
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... eyes of his fear are fad . Cormac rifes in his foul , with all his ghaftly wounds . The grey form of the youth appears in darkness ; blood pours from his airy fides . - Cairbar thrice threw his fpear on earth ; and thrice he ftroked his ...
... eyes of his fear are fad . Cormac rifes in his foul , with all his ghaftly wounds . The grey form of the youth appears in darkness ; blood pours from his airy fides . - Cairbar thrice threw his fpear on earth ; and thrice he ftroked his ...
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eyes to Moi - lena . The scouts of blue ocean came . They came with fteps of fear , and often looked behind . Cairbar knew that the mighty were near , and called his gloomy chiefs . The founding fteps of his warriors came . They drew ...
eyes to Moi - lena . The scouts of blue ocean came . They came with fteps of fear , and often looked behind . Cairbar knew that the mighty were near , and called his gloomy chiefs . The founding fteps of his warriors came . They drew ...
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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