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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... reason to believe , that in all nations religious customs have prevailed , which , to minds enlightened by the true religion , must appear inhuman and im- pious . The causes which operate such direful effects , in opposition to the ...
... reason to believe , that in all nations religious customs have prevailed , which , to minds enlightened by the true religion , must appear inhuman and im- pious . The causes which operate such direful effects , in opposition to the ...
20. oldal
... The commentator Eustathius explains the reason of the application of so dignified an epithet , from the circumstance * MITFORD'S History of Greece , vol . i . p . 19 . that they were the only people who , after Deu- 20.
... The commentator Eustathius explains the reason of the application of so dignified an epithet , from the circumstance * MITFORD'S History of Greece , vol . i . p . 19 . that they were the only people who , after Deu- 20.
75. oldal
... reason for calling in question ; but that by his authority the influence of the female sex was at once subverted , and the union of the sexes , which , prior to his time , is said to have been promiscuous and irregular , was at once ren ...
... reason for calling in question ; but that by his authority the influence of the female sex was at once subverted , and the union of the sexes , which , prior to his time , is said to have been promiscuous and irregular , was at once ren ...
80. oldal
... the arrival of those eastern strangers , who might be supposed to have imported new lights into Italy , and to have improved the state and condition of its ruder inhabitants , we have reason to be of opinion , that these , however 3 80.
... the arrival of those eastern strangers , who might be supposed to have imported new lights into Italy , and to have improved the state and condition of its ruder inhabitants , we have reason to be of opinion , that these , however 3 80.
81. oldal
... reason to be of opinion , that these , however , were not destitute of a knowledge of institutions and arts of the first necessity to political society . Of the five principal mechanical powers , or simple machines , the Romans were ...
... reason to be of opinion , that these , however , were not destitute of a knowledge of institutions and arts of the first necessity to political society . Of the five principal mechanical powers , or simple machines , the Romans were ...
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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?