| Ossian - 1805 - 262 pages
...the death of their master, the very instant he h killed. It was the opinion of the time's, that ihe souls of heroes went immediately after death to the hills of their country, and tiie scer.ei they frequented in the mast happy time of their life. It was thought too tiiat dogs and... | |
| Ossian - 1806 - 364 pages
...Trenar arc sensible at home of the death of their master, the very instant he is killed. It wa< (he opinion of the times, that the souls of heroes went immediately after death to .be hills of their country, and the scenes th.y frequented the most hippy time of their life. It was... | |
| Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1812 - 370 pages
...Each hero is a pillar of darkness ; the sword a beam of fire, in his hand. The * The maid of Inistore was the daughter of Gorlo, king of Inistore, or Orkney...time of their life. It was thought, too, that dogs aad horses saw the ghosts of the deceased. field echoes from wing to wing, as a hundred hammers that... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1828 - 364 pages
...formerly the opinion,' says Mr. Macpherson, ' that the souls of heroes went immediately after their death to the hills of their country, and the scenes they frequented the most happy times of their life. It was thought too, that dogs and horses saw the ghosts of the deceased.' The... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1828 - 358 pages
...formerly the opinion/ says Mr. Macpherson, ' that the souls of heroes went immediately after thendeath to the hills of their country, and the scenes they frequented the most happy times of their life. It was thought too, that dogs and horses saw the ghosts of the deceased.' The... | |
| Celts - 1896 - 466 pages
...side that Dorglas had placed the deerjt the early fortune of the chase, before * The maid of Inistore was the daughter of Gorlo, king of Inistore, or Orkney...country, and the scenes they frequented the most happy times of their life. It was thought, too, that dogs and horses saw the ghosts of the deceased. t The... | |
| Celts - 1896 - 460 pages
...the islands of Shetland. The Orkneys and Shetland were at that time subject to the king of Lochhn. We find that the dogs of Trenar are sensible at home...country, and the scenes they frequented the most happy times of their life. It was thought, too, that dogs and horses saw the ghosts of the deceased. t The... | |
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