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Pagina 9
... natural death . Cairbar , upon intelligence of the defigns of Fingal to dethrone him , had dispatched a meffenger for Cathmor , who returned into Ireland a few days before the opening of the poem . * Cairbar here takes advantage of his ...
... natural death . Cairbar , upon intelligence of the defigns of Fingal to dethrone him , had dispatched a meffenger for Cathmor , who returned into Ireland a few days before the opening of the poem . * Cairbar here takes advantage of his ...
Pagina 126
... natural : the refo- lutions which fo fuddenly follow one another , are expreffive of a mind extremely agitated with forrow and conscious fhame ; yet the behaviour of Offian , in his execution of the commands of Fingal , is fo irre ...
... natural : the refo- lutions which fo fuddenly follow one another , are expreffive of a mind extremely agitated with forrow and conscious fhame ; yet the behaviour of Offian , in his execution of the commands of Fingal , is fo irre ...
Pagina 180
... natural ftrength and vigour of a man was little abated at fuch an age ; fo that there is nothing improbable in the ac- tions of Fingal , as related in this book . CONLATH and CUTHÓNA : A POE M. ARGUMENT . + 180- TEMOR A. BOOK VIII .
... natural ftrength and vigour of a man was little abated at fuch an age ; fo that there is nothing improbable in the ac- tions of Fingal , as related in this book . CONLATH and CUTHÓNA : A POE M. ARGUMENT . + 180- TEMOR A. BOOK VIII .
Pagina 217
... natural properties of certain things , the fruit of the experiments of ages , gained them a mighty reputation among the people . The esteem of the populace foon increased into a veneration for the order ; which thefe cunning and ...
... natural properties of certain things , the fruit of the experiments of ages , gained them a mighty reputation among the people . The esteem of the populace foon increased into a veneration for the order ; which thefe cunning and ...
Pagina 221
... nature , together with that fu- perftition which is inherent in the human frame , have , in all ages , raised in the minds of men fome idea of a fuperior being , Hence it is , that in the darkest times , and amongst the most barbarous ...
... nature , together with that fu- perftition which is inherent in the human frame , have , in all ages , raised in the minds of men fome idea of a fuperior being , Hence it is , that in the darkest times , and amongst the most barbarous ...
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againſt ancient arife arofe art thou Atha bards battle beam behold bends blaft Cairbar Caledonians Cathmor chief circumftances Clatho Clono cloud compofitions Conar Cormac courfe courſe Cuthullin dark darkneſs death defcended defcription defert diftant Druids Erin eyes faid fame father feaft feem fentiment fhall fhield fhould fide figh filent Fillan Fingal Fion Firbolg firft flain Foldath fome fong foul fpear fpirit fpread ftands ftate fteel fteps ftill ftone ftorm ftrangers ftream ftrength ftrife fubject fublime fuch fword Gaul ghoft grey hall harp heard heath heroes hiftory hill himſelf hoft Homer Iliad Ireland king laft lift mift moffy moft Moi-lena Mora Morni Morven moſt night occafion Ofcar Offian paffed perfon Picts poem poet poetical poetry poffeffed racter raiſed reft rife rock roes rofe rolled Scots Selma ſhall ſpear Strutha Sul-malla Temora thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tomb Uthal voice warrior waves winds