Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects: A vindication of natural societyRobert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1771 - English essays |
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... Fingal . Concerning this Hero innumerable Traditions remain , to this Day , in the Highlands of Scotland . The Story of Ofcian , his Son , is fo generally known , that to defcribe one in whom the Race of a great great Family ends , it ...
... Fingal . Concerning this Hero innumerable Traditions remain , to this Day , in the Highlands of Scotland . The Story of Ofcian , his Son , is fo generally known , that to defcribe one in whom the Race of a great great Family ends , it ...
Page 122
... Fingal King of Scotland , called , in this Poem , " The Defert of the Hills , " arrives with his Ship to affift Cuchulaid . He expels the Danes from the Country ;; and re- turns turns home victorious . This Poem is held to be 7 PREFACE ...
... Fingal King of Scotland , called , in this Poem , " The Defert of the Hills , " arrives with his Ship to affift Cuchulaid . He expels the Danes from the Country ;; and re- turns turns home victorious . This Poem is held to be 7 PREFACE ...
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... Fingal . The three laft Poems in the Collection are Fragments which the Tranflator obtained of this Epic Poem ; and though very Imperfect , they were judged not unworthy of being in- ferted . If the Whole were recovered , it might ferve ...
... Fingal . The three laft Poems in the Collection are Fragments which the Tranflator obtained of this Epic Poem ; and though very Imperfect , they were judged not unworthy of being in- ferted . If the Whole were recovered , it might ferve ...
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... , Vinvela , afar I go to the Wars of Fingal . My Dogs attend me no more , No more I tread the Hill . No more from on high I see thee , fair - moving by the Stream of of the Plain ; bright as the Bow of Heaven [ 125 ] FRAGMENT I. ...
... , Vinvela , afar I go to the Wars of Fingal . My Dogs attend me no more , No more I tread the Hill . No more from on high I see thee , fair - moving by the Stream of of the Plain ; bright as the Bow of Heaven [ 125 ] FRAGMENT I. ...
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... Fingal ? Or what disturbs my Connal ? CONNAL . They live . I faw them return from the Chace , like a Stream of Light . The Sun was on their Shields : Like a Ridge of Fire they defcended the Hill . Loud is the Voice of the Youth ; the ...
... Fingal ? Or what disturbs my Connal ? CONNAL . They live . I faw them return from the Chace , like a Stream of Light . The Sun was on their Shields : Like a Ridge of Fire they defcended the Hill . Loud is the Voice of the Youth ; the ...
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