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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14. oldal
... spoken in Crestona , a part of Thrace , a language , which * STRABO , lib . v . p . 220. lib . vii . p . 321. lib . xi . p . 401 . HERODOT . account of the Pelasgi . THUCIDID . Introduc- tion . + MITFORD'S Hist . of Greece , B.i. c . 2 ...
... spoken in Crestona , a part of Thrace , a language , which * STRABO , lib . v . p . 220. lib . vii . p . 321. lib . xi . p . 401 . HERODOT . account of the Pelasgi . THUCIDID . Introduc- tion . + MITFORD'S Hist . of Greece , B.i. c . 2 ...
27. oldal
... , is radically derived from the Gaelic language , as spoken at this day by the inhabitants of the Highlands of Scotland , and by the descendents of the ancient inhabitants of Ireland ; and that a great part of the 27.
... , is radically derived from the Gaelic language , as spoken at this day by the inhabitants of the Highlands of Scotland , and by the descendents of the ancient inhabitants of Ireland ; and that a great part of the 27.
28. oldal
... spoken in a more un- cultivated state by the inhabitants of Italy . We propose to submit , with all due deference to the learned , some remarks and observations , which we think entitle the Gaelic language to claim in some measure to be ...
... spoken in a more un- cultivated state by the inhabitants of Italy . We propose to submit , with all due deference to the learned , some remarks and observations , which we think entitle the Gaelic language to claim in some measure to be ...
33. oldal
... spoken in a more un- cultivated state by the inhabitants of Italy . We propose to submit , with all due deference to the learned , some remarks and observations , which we think entitle the Gaelic language to claim in some measure to be ...
... spoken in a more un- cultivated state by the inhabitants of Italy . We propose to submit , with all due deference to the learned , some remarks and observations , which we think entitle the Gaelic language to claim in some measure to be ...
81. oldal
... spoken by themselves . That the knowledge of the wheel and axle was familiar to the Gael , is put beyond the possibility of doubt , by the testimonies of all the ancient Roman and Greek writers who give account of the Roman military ...
... spoken by themselves . That the knowledge of the wheel and axle was familiar to the Gael , is put beyond the possibility of doubt , by the testimonies of all the ancient Roman and Greek writers who give account of the Roman military ...
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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?