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Not , indeed , until DUNBAR arose in the sister king- dom , had we another instance of the combination passage of truly redeeming power . Two instances of this kind are quoted by our great lyric poet , of which the second is beyond all ...
Not , indeed , until DUNBAR arose in the sister king- dom , had we another instance of the combination passage of truly redeeming power . Two instances of this kind are quoted by our great lyric poet , of which the second is beyond all ...
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... Caledonian king , Fingal , not only defeated him , but even took him prisoner , but had the generosity to send him back again to his country ; " a quotation which has drawn from sir John Sinclair the following inference and remark .
... Caledonian king , Fingal , not only defeated him , but even took him prisoner , but had the generosity to send him back again to his country ; " a quotation which has drawn from sir John Sinclair the following inference and remark .
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early in the third century Fingal had made several descents on the coast of Ulster for the protection of his kinsman Cormac , then a minor and monarch of Ireland , against the invasion of Swaran king of Norway .
early in the third century Fingal had made several descents on the coast of Ulster for the protection of his kinsman Cormac , then a minor and monarch of Ireland , against the invasion of Swaran king of Norway .
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This piece also , like the former , displays a glowing picture of the head and heart of the king of Morven , to whom , as the fair translator has remarked , every quality is attributed that is either interesting , amiable , or great * .
This piece also , like the former , displays a glowing picture of the head and heart of the king of Morven , to whom , as the fair translator has remarked , every quality is attributed that is either interesting , amiable , or great * .
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Son of the king of mighty hosts , Their glories are no more . Confide in him whose high decree O'er - rules all earthly power ; And bend to him thy humble knee , To him devote thy hour . And let thy contrite prayer be made To him who ...
Son of the king of mighty hosts , Their glories are no more . Confide in him whose high decree O'er - rules all earthly power ; And bend to him thy humble knee , To him devote thy hour . And let thy contrite prayer be made To him who ...
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| Title | Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2 Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Nathan Drake |
| Author | Nathan Drake |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
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