Sketches of the History of Man: In Two Volumes, Volume 1W. Creech, 1774 |
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... that thefe people roaft their meat with hot ftones , as the Ca- ledonians did in the days of Offian . ( a ) Mr Fergufon . deed deed applicable to many favage tribes , our European forefathers Sk . I. 23 DIVERSITY OF MEN , & c .
... that thefe people roaft their meat with hot ftones , as the Ca- ledonians did in the days of Offian . ( a ) Mr Fergufon . deed deed applicable to many favage tribes , our European forefathers Sk . I. 23 DIVERSITY OF MEN , & c .
Page 122
... Offian was the most celebrated bard in Caledonia , as Homer was in Greece * . After the foregoing hiftorical deduction , the reader will perceive without my affistance why the first writings were in verfe . The fongs of the bards ...
... Offian was the most celebrated bard in Caledonia , as Homer was in Greece * . After the foregoing hiftorical deduction , the reader will perceive without my affistance why the first writings were in verfe . The fongs of the bards ...
Page 281
... Offian , manners fo pure and refined as fcarce to be equalled in the most cultivated nations . Such manners among a people in the first ftage of fociety , acquainted with no arts but hunting and making war , would , I acknowledge , be ...
... Offian , manners fo pure and refined as fcarce to be equalled in the most cultivated nations . Such manners among a people in the first ftage of fociety , acquainted with no arts but hunting and making war , would , I acknowledge , be ...
Page 282
... Offian were Caledonian manners , and not a pure fiction . And after perufing with atten- tion these confiderations , I am not afraid that even the most incre- dulous will continue altogether unshaken . It is a noted and well - founded ...
... Offian were Caledonian manners , and not a pure fiction . And after perufing with atten- tion these confiderations , I am not afraid that even the most incre- dulous will continue altogether unshaken . It is a noted and well - founded ...
Page 283
... Offian , there is no mention of agriculture ; and but a flight hint of a herd of cattle in one or two allufions . I willingly give all advantages to the unbeliever : Suppofing the author of Offian to be a late writer , embellifhed with ...
... Offian , there is no mention of agriculture ; and but a flight hint of a herd of cattle in one or two allufions . I willingly give all advantages to the unbeliever : Suppofing the author of Offian to be a late writer , embellifhed with ...
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