Thoughts on the Origin and Descent of the Gael: With an Account of the Picts, Caledonians, and Scots; and Observations Relative to the Authenticity of the Poems of OssianFor A. Constable and Company, 1814 - 456 oldal |
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54. oldal
... mountain , river , these are called in Gaelic , a - ar , tala or talamh , also tir , muir , mona , amhain . Compare these with the Latin aer , tellus , and terra ; mare , the genitive of the Gaelic word muir is mar ; mons , amnis . The ...
... mountain , river , these are called in Gaelic , a - ar , tala or talamh , also tir , muir , mona , amhain . Compare these with the Latin aer , tellus , and terra ; mare , the genitive of the Gaelic word muir is mar ; mons , amnis . The ...
64. oldal
... grounds along the moors and mountains . A feast termi- nated the chase ; the Senachi delivered the tale of other years , and the harp accompanied the vocal music of the bard's song . The faoghar ended with the last night of samhré or 9 64.
... grounds along the moors and mountains . A feast termi- nated the chase ; the Senachi delivered the tale of other years , and the harp accompanied the vocal music of the bard's song . The faoghar ended with the last night of samhré or 9 64.
174. oldal
... mountainous parts of Scotland remained , from the nature of their country , a wandering pastoral people , much longer than the Gael of the eastern coast of Scotland . The cultivation of the soil fixes the residence of the cultivator to ...
... mountainous parts of Scotland remained , from the nature of their country , a wandering pastoral people , much longer than the Gael of the eastern coast of Scotland . The cultivation of the soil fixes the residence of the cultivator to ...
177. oldal
... mountains which form one side of the valley . The great mountain of Ben - Nevis , near Fort - William , is 1640 yards in height . This mountain is not of a conical figure , terminating in a sharp point , like many others of the highest ...
... mountains which form one side of the valley . The great mountain of Ben - Nevis , near Fort - William , is 1640 yards in height . This mountain is not of a conical figure , terminating in a sharp point , like many others of the highest ...
199. oldal
... mountain ash , as a present to his beloved fair one . His hair is thus described : 66 2 Maise a's caise do bhi na fhalt " ' S duibhe na fithach bar fhuilt Fhraoich . " Elegance of curl was in his hair , its crop was blacker than the ...
... mountain ash , as a present to his beloved fair one . His hair is thus described : 66 2 Maise a's caise do bhi na fhalt " ' S duibhe na fithach bar fhuilt Fhraoich . " Elegance of curl was in his hair , its crop was blacker than the ...
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ages Albinn ancient inhabitants appellation applied arts barbarous bishop of Caithness body Britain Britons Cæsar Caithness Caledonians Caledonii called Catt Cecrops chariots coast colonies common compound cultivation denominated denote derived descendants distinguished division of Albinn doubt Draonaich enemies English Erinn evidence expressed Fingal Friths Gael of Scotland Gaelic language Gaelic word Gauls Greece Greek language guage hair Herodotus Highlands of Scotland inhabitants of Albinn inhabitants of Greece Ireland Irish island Italy king known land Latin Latin languages learned literally low country Macpherson mankind manner mode monadh mountains multa nations nature northern numbers observed original pastoral Pelasgi Pelasgian period Picti Pictish Picts poems of Ossian portion possessed preserved pronounced pronunciation provinces provincial Britons quæ race remain river Saxons Scoti Scotland and Ireland Scots and Picts septem signifies soil Strabo strangers Strath sunt Suther term tion translation ulna vallies Varro Welsh whence καὶ
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365. oldal - His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
365. oldal - Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall One day upon our heads; while we perhaps, Designing or exhorting glorious war, Caught in a fiery tempest shall be hurled Each on his rock transfixed...
359. oldal - Carncklhura,) about thirty years ago, from an old man in Glenlyon. I took it and several other fragments (now, I fear, irrecoverably lost,) from the man's mouth. He had learnt them in his youth, from people in the same glen, which •must have been long before Macpherson was born.
317. oldal - I live in a place," he writes, " where I have the pleasure of frequently hearing justice done to your dissertation, but never heard it mentioned in a company, where some one person or other did not express his doubts with regard to the authenticity of the poems which are its subject, and I often hear them totally rejected with disdain and indignation, as a palpable and most impudent forgery. This opinion has, indeed, become very prevalent among the men of letters in London ; and I can foresee, that...
317. oldal - ... often hear them totally rejected with disdain and indignation, as a palpable and most impudent forgery. This opinion has, indeed, become very prevalent among the men of letters in London; and I can foresee, that in a few years the poems, if they continue to stand on their present footing, will be thrown aside, and will fall into final oblivion. 'The absurd pride and caprice of Macpherson himself, who scorns...
301. oldal - had been bred in England, and married an English princess. Her retinue were all English. English, in consequence, would become the language of that court. The courtiers would carry it to their respective homes ; their domestics would be ambitious to speak the language of their masters ; and thus it would be gradually introduced into every fashionable circle...
365. oldal - Amid the tempest let me die, torn, in a cloud, by angry ghosts of men; amid the tempest let Calmar die, if ever chase was sport to him, so much as the battle of shields!"
209. oldal - Caledonians kept possession uf the rising ground, extending their ranks as wide as possible to present a formidable show of battle. Their first line was ranged on the plain, the rest in a gradual ascent on the acclivity of the hill. The intermediate space between both armies was filled with the charioteers and cavalry of the Britons, rushing to ami fro in wild career, and traversing the plain with noise and tumult.
365. oldal - Fergus! in the day of the storm? Fergus, first in our joy at the feast ! son of Rossa ! arm of death! comest thou like a roe from Malmor? Like a hart from thy echoing hills? Hail, thou son of Rossa! what shades the soul of war?