The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 3J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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... last , have leisure to cultivate the mind , and to restore it , with reflection , to a pri- mæval dignity of fentiment . The middle ftate is the region of compleat barbarism and ignorance . About the beginning of the fifth century , the ...
... last , have leisure to cultivate the mind , and to restore it , with reflection , to a pri- mæval dignity of fentiment . The middle ftate is the region of compleat barbarism and ignorance . About the beginning of the fifth century , the ...
Page xliv
... last of which , the Irish tranflator , no doubt , will choose to leave in the obfcurity of the original.- In this piece Cuchullin is ufed with very little ceremony , for he is oft called the dog of Tara , in the county of Meath . This ...
... last of which , the Irish tranflator , no doubt , will choose to leave in the obfcurity of the original.- In this piece Cuchullin is ufed with very little ceremony , for he is oft called the dog of Tara , in the county of Meath . This ...
Page xlix
... last degree of ignorance and barbarifm . The Irish , who , for fome ages before the conqueft , had poffeffed a competent share of that kind of learning , which then prevailed in Europe , VOL . III . C found it no difficult matter to ...
... last degree of ignorance and barbarifm . The Irish , who , for fome ages before the conqueft , had poffeffed a competent share of that kind of learning , which then prevailed in Europe , VOL . III . C found it no difficult matter to ...
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... Gaul , ( when others boafted of their own actions ) and his natural affection for Fillan , which the behaviour of that valiant youth had raised to the highest pitch . in the last of his fields ? His grey hair TE MORA :
... Gaul , ( when others boafted of their own actions ) and his natural affection for Fillan , which the behaviour of that valiant youth had raised to the highest pitch . in the last of his fields ? His grey hair TE MORA :
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in the last of his fields ? His grey hair is on the breeze : he half unsheaths the fword of Luno . His eyes are turned to Moi - lena , to the dark rolling of foes . - Doft thou hear the voice of the king ? It is like the bursting of a ...
in the last of his fields ? His grey hair is on the breeze : he half unsheaths the fword of Luno . His eyes are turned to Moi - lena , to the dark rolling of foes . - Doft thou hear the voice of the king ? It is like the bursting of a ...
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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