The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 3J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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Page xxii
... state of civility , were not able to withstand the impetuous , though irregular attacks of a barbarous enemy . In the utmoft diftress , they applied to their old mafters , the Romans , and ( after the unfortunate state of the Empire ...
... state of civility , were not able to withstand the impetuous , though irregular attacks of a barbarous enemy . In the utmoft diftress , they applied to their old mafters , the Romans , and ( after the unfortunate state of the Empire ...
Page xxiii
and ( after the unfortunate state of the Empire could not spare aid ) to the Saxons , a nation equally barbarous and brave , with the ene- mies of whom they were fo much afraid . Though the bravery of the Saxons repelled the Caledonian ...
and ( after the unfortunate state of the Empire could not spare aid ) to the Saxons , a nation equally barbarous and brave , with the ene- mies of whom they were fo much afraid . Though the bravery of the Saxons repelled the Caledonian ...
Page xxix
... state of fociety , that more than a common medio- crity of tafte is required , to relish his poems as they deserve . Those who alone were ca pable to make a translation were , no doubt , conscious of this , and chose rather to ad- mire ...
... state of fociety , that more than a common medio- crity of tafte is required , to relish his poems as they deserve . Those who alone were ca pable to make a translation were , no doubt , conscious of this , and chose rather to ad- mire ...
Page xlix
Ireland , averse to a foreign yoke , either actually were in a state of hoftility with the conquerors , or at least , paid little regard to their government . The Scots , in thofe ages , were often in open war , and never in cordial ...
Ireland , averse to a foreign yoke , either actually were in a state of hoftility with the conquerors , or at least , paid little regard to their government . The Scots , in thofe ages , were often in open war , and never in cordial ...
Page 109
... state of the Saxon heptarchy had , perhaps , as much genuinefpirit in it as the two British kingdoms united . As a ftate , we are much more powerful than our an- ceftors but we would lose by comparing indivi duals with them . > > • roll ...
... state of the Saxon heptarchy had , perhaps , as much genuinefpirit in it as the two British kingdoms united . As a ftate , we are much more powerful than our an- ceftors but we would lose by comparing indivi duals with them . > > • roll ...
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