The Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 1Cameron & Murdoch, no. 102, Trongate, Glasgow., 1797 |
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... friends , but of hymns to these fuperior beings . To this day , thofe that write in the Galic language feldom mention religion in their pro- fane poetry ; and when they profeffedly write of religion , they never interlard with their ...
... friends , but of hymns to these fuperior beings . To this day , thofe that write in the Galic language feldom mention religion in their pro- fane poetry ; and when they profeffedly write of religion , they never interlard with their ...
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... Friendship is inviolable , and revenge lefs blindly followed than formerly . To fay any thing , concerning the poetical merit of the Poems , would be an anticipation on the judgment of the public . The Poem which ftands firft in the col ...
... Friendship is inviolable , and revenge lefs blindly followed than formerly . To fay any thing , concerning the poetical merit of the Poems , would be an anticipation on the judgment of the public . The Poem which ftands firft in the col ...
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... friends a larger collection . In a journey through the Highlands and ifles , and , by the affiftance of correfpon- dents , fince I left that country , all the genuine remains of the works of Offian have come to my hands . In the ...
... friends a larger collection . In a journey through the Highlands and ifles , and , by the affiftance of correfpon- dents , fince I left that country , all the genuine remains of the works of Offian have come to my hands . In the ...
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... friendship with the English . The fimilarity of manners and language , the traditions concerning their common origin , and above all , their having to do with the fame enemy , created a free and friendly intercourse between the Scottish ...
... friendship with the English . The fimilarity of manners and language , the traditions concerning their common origin , and above all , their having to do with the fame enemy , created a free and friendly intercourse between the Scottish ...
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... friendship , love , and heroifm , may pof- fibly be found to prevail in a rude ftate of fociety , no one can fay . Aftonishing inftances of them we know , from hiftory , have fometimes appeared : and a few characters diftinguished by ...
... friendship , love , and heroifm , may pof- fibly be found to prevail in a rude ftate of fociety , no one can fay . Aftonishing inftances of them we know , from hiftory , have fometimes appeared : and a few characters diftinguished by ...
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