The Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 1Cameron & Murdoch, no. 102, Trongate, Glasgow., 1797 |
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... Scot- land , and which are undoubtedly Celtic , one would be Ce 1 , s . Tac . Agric . 1. 1. c . 2. 1 Cæf . Pomp . Mel . Tacitus , ↑ Diod , Şic , 1. 5 . Plin . 1 , 6 . tempted to differ in opinion from that celebrated writ- er THE ERA ...
... Scot- land , and which are undoubtedly Celtic , one would be Ce 1 , s . Tac . Agric . 1. 1. c . 2. 1 Cæf . Pomp . Mel . Tacitus , ↑ Diod , Şic , 1. 5 . Plin . 1 , 6 . tempted to differ in opinion from that celebrated writ- er THE ERA ...
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... Scot- land , that the ancient Caledonians were defcended . But whether the Caledonians were a colony of the Celtic Germans , or the fame with the Gauls that firft poffeffed themfelves of Britain , is a matter of no mo- ment at this ...
... Scot- land , that the ancient Caledonians were defcended . But whether the Caledonians were a colony of the Celtic Germans , or the fame with the Gauls that firft poffeffed themfelves of Britain , is a matter of no mo- ment at this ...
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... Scottish bards . That race of men carried their notions of mar- tial honour to an extravagant pitch . Any aid given their heroes in battle , was thought to derogate from their fame ; and the bards immediately transferred the glory of ...
... Scottish bards . That race of men carried their notions of mar- tial honour to an extravagant pitch . Any aid given their heroes in battle , was thought to derogate from their fame ; and the bards immediately transferred the glory of ...
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... Scots , a people fo free of inter- mixture with foreigners , and fo ftrongly attached to the memory of their ancestors , had the works of their bards handed down with great purity . It will seem ftrange to fome , that Poems admired for ...
... Scots , a people fo free of inter- mixture with foreigners , and fo ftrongly attached to the memory of their ancestors , had the works of their bards handed down with great purity . It will seem ftrange to fome , that Poems admired for ...
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... Scots nation . With out records , or even tradition itself , they give a long lift of ancient kings , and a detail of their tranfactions , with a fcrupulous exactnefs . One might naturally fuppofe , that , when they had no authentic ...
... Scots nation . With out records , or even tradition itself , they give a long lift of ancient kings , and a detail of their tranfactions , with a fcrupulous exactnefs . One might naturally fuppofe , that , when they had no authentic ...
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ancient arms bards battle beam beautiful behold blaft breaft Cairbar Calmar Carril chief circumftances clouds Comala compofitions Cona Connal Cromla Cuchullin dark daugh daughter death defcription defert diftant Druids echoing eyes faid fame feaft feem feen fentiment fhall fhells fhield fhould fide figh filent Fillan Fingal Fion firft firſt flain fome fong foul fpear fpirit friends ftate fteel ftones ftorm ftream ftrength ftrong fubject fublime fuch fword Gaul ghofts hall heath heroes hiftory hill himſelf Homer Iliad Ireland king of Morven laft lefs Lena Lochlin maid mift mighty moffy moft Morna moſt mournful muft muſt night obferve occafion Ofcar Offian paffage paffed perfons poems poet poetical poetry prefent raife raiſe reft rife roaring rock rofe rolling Ryno ſaid Scotland Scots Swaran Temora thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tomb Torman tranflation Trenmor Ullin voice waves wind youth