No nation in the world carried hospitality to a greater length than the ancient Scots. It was even infamous, for many ages, in a man of condition, to have the door of his house shut at all, lest, as the bards express it, the stranger should come and behold... The Poems of Ossian - Pagina 3811807Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| 1773 - 466 pagina’s
...AND BEHOLD HIS CONTRACTED SOUL. §ime of the chiefs were poiTeiTed of this hofpitable difpofition t ) an extravagant degree ; and the bards, perhaps upon...never failed to recommend it, in their eulogiums. Ceaa via1 na da?, or the point to iiuhich all the roads cftbe ftrangen lead, was an invariable epithet... | |
| 1785 - 456 pagina’s
...ages, in a man of condition, to have the door of his houfe fhut at all, LEST, as the bards exprefs it, THE STRANGER SHOULD COME AND BEHOLD HIS CONTRACTED SOUL. Some of the chiefs were poflefled of this hofpitable difpofition to an extravagant degree ; and the bards, perhaps upon a private... | |
| 1790 - 344 pagina’s
...BEHOLD HLS CONTRACTED SOUL. Some of the chiefs were pofleffed of this hofpitable difpofition to ait extravagant degree; and the bards, perhaps upon a...never failed to recommend it, in their eulogiums. Ccanuia na da? or the point fa -which all the roads i>/ the flraugcrt lead, was an invariable epithet... | |
| 1803 - 390 pagina’s
...even infamous, for many ages, in a man of condition, to have the door of his house shut at all, LEST, as the bards express it, THE STRANGER SHOULD COME...never failed to recommend it, in their eulogiums. Cean uia' na dia', or, the point to u-hich all the roads of the strangers lead, was an invariable epithet... | |
| James Macpherson - 1803 - 386 pagina’s
...of condition, to have the door of his house shut at all, LEST, as the bards express it, THE STKANGEH SHOULD COME AND BEHOLD HIS CONTRACTED SOUL. Some of...never failed to recommend it. in their eulogiums. Cean uia' no. dia't or, the point to which all the roods of the strangers lead, was an invariable epithet... | |
| 1803 - 388 pagina’s
...even infamous, for many ages, in a man of condition, to have the door of his house shut at all, LEST, as the bards express it, THE STRANGER SHOULD COME...CONTRACTED SOUL. Some Of the chiefs were possessed of this hospilable disposition to an extravagant degree ; and the bards, perhaps upon a private account, never... | |
| Ossian - 1806 - 364 pagina’s
...of condition, |o have the door of his house shut at all, lest, as the bards express it, Ihi aranter should come and behold his contracted soul. Some of...never failed to recommend it, in their eulogiums. Cean uiaf na dia\ or, the point to which allthernads of the strangers lead, was an invariable epithet... | |
| Ossian - 1807 - 420 pagina’s
...even infamous, for many ages, in a man of condition, to have the door of his house shut at all, lest, as the bards express it, the stranger should come...daimh or, the point to which all the roads of the ttrangers lead, was an invariable epithet given by them to the chiefs ; on the contrary, they distinguished... | |
| 1812 - 364 pagina’s
...to have the door of his house shut at all, LEST, as the bards express it, THE STRAHGER SHOULD COMB AND BEHOLD HIS CONTRACTED SOUL. Some of the chiefs...never failed to recommend it, in their eulogiums. Oon via' nu duf, er, the point to which all Cathmor came. Cathmor the friend of strangers ! the brother... | |
| Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pagina’s
...ages, in a man of condition to have the door of his house shut at all, lest, as the bards expressed it, " the stranger should come and behold his contracted...this hospitable disposition to an extravagant degree. — Ossian's poems. The hospitality of real benevolence is what is plain and substantial with kind... | |
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