| English literature - 1763 - 784 pages
...fad from Fingal. О Ofcar ! bend the ítron^ in arms ; but (pare the feeble hand.' Be thou a dream of many tides againft the foes of thy people; but like the gale that moves the gral's, to thole who a(k thine aid. So Tremnor lived; fuch Tvathal was : and fuch has Fingal been.... | |
| SEVERAL HANDS - 1762 - 536 pages
...following beautiful apoftrophe. " OT)fcar ! bend the ftrong in arm, but fpare the feeble hand. Be thou a ftream of many tides againft the foes of thy people,...but like the gale that moves the grafs to thofe who aik thine aid.— — So Trenmor lived ; fuch Trathal was ; and fuch has Fingal been. My arm was the... | |
| Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...went fad from Fingal ||." " O Ofcar! bend the ftrong " in arms; but fpare the feeble hand. Be thou a ftream of many " tides againft the foes of thy people...like the gale that moves " the grafs, to thofe who alk thine aid. So Trenmor lived ; fuch " Trathal was ; and fuch has Fingal been. My arm was the fup"... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1765 - 578 pages
...heroes. Take the following inftances. O Ofcar! bend the ftrong in arm; but fpare the feeble hand. Be thou a ftream of many tides againft the foes of thy people ; but like the gale that moves the grafs to thole who afk thine aid. — So Trenmor lived ; luch Trathal was ; and fuch has Fingal been. My arm... | |
| 1765 - 520 pages
...went fad from Fingal ||." " O Ofcar! " bend the ftrong in arms ; but fpare the feeble '* hand. Be thou a ftream of many tides againft " the foes of thy people ; but like the gale that • Iliad 1 6. 830, II. 17. 127. •}• Vol. ip 92. £ When he commands his fons, after Swaran is... | |
| Bards and bardism - 1765 - 416 pages
...and are the fong of bards. • 0 Ofcar ! bend the ftrong in arms : but fpare the feeble hand. Be thou a ftream of many tides againft the foes of thy people ; but like thd gale that moves the grafs to thofe who afk thind aid. So Trenmbr lived ; fuch Trathal Was $ and... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1772 - 398 pages
...O Ofcar! bend the ftrong in arm ; but fpare the feeble hand. Be thou a fbeam of many tides againil the foes of thy people ; but like the gale that moves the grafs to thofe who afk thine aid. — So Tremor lived ; fuch Trathal was ; and fuch has Fingal been. My arm wai the fuppoit... | |
| Poetry - 1773 - 466 pages
...from Fingal."— < — " O Ofcar ! bend *' the ftrongin arms; but fpare the feeble hand. •" Be thou a ftream of many tides againft the '' foes of thy...like the gale that " moves the grafs, to thofe who afk thine aid. '' So Trenmor lived ; fuch Trathal was ; and *f fuch has Fingal been. My arm was the... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1774 - 668 pages
...fword defends the weak (£)." " O Ofcar ! " bend the ftrong in arm, but fpare the feeble hand. Be thou a " ftream of many tides againft the foes of thy people,...like the " gale that moves the grafs to thofe who afk thy aid. Never " fearch for the battle, nor fhun it when it comes. So Trenmor " lived ; fuch Trathal... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1775 - 280 pages
...behind us, like the laft beams of the " fun, when he hides his red head in the weft (h)." " foes " foes of thy people, but like the gale that moves the " grafs to thoIe who a!k thy aid. Never fearch for the " battle, nor fhun it when it comes. So Trenmor lived ;... | |
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