Fingal

Let him then, by direct communication, which is occasionally possible from Arran; or by any circuit he pleases, disembark in the Bay of Larne "with its bosom of echoing woods," as Fingal himself must have done; and there, with _Fingal_ and _Temora_ in hand, let him survey the entire region between Larne and Belfast.

The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad Various 1865

She fell in love with Fingal at a feast to which Sarno had invited him after his return from Denmark or Lochlin (_Fingal_, iii.).

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

Nobody fell off, however, and eventually we found ourselves in Fingal's Cave, and felt repaid for all our exertions.

The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career Lucy Maud 1917

About a century afterwards, Ossian, the son of Fingal, is said to have disputed, in his extreme old age, with one of the foreign missionaries, and the dispute is still extant, in verse, and in the Erse language.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

"Fingal" -- which seems to have been the favorite -- was again turned into heroic couplets by Ewen Cameron, in 1776, prefaced by the attestations of a number of Highland gentlemen to the genuineness of the originals; and by an argumentative introduction, in which the author quotes Dr. Blair's _dictum_ that Ossian was the equal of Homer and Vergil

A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century 1886

The highest point of Staffa at this view is about one hundred feet; in its centre is the great cave, called Fingal's Cave, stretching up into the interior of the rock a distance of more than 200 feet.

The Illustrated London Reading Book Various

The most magnificent of all known caverns, is that called Fingal's

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Anonymous

Leinster, was the chief commander of the Fenian warriors, and his great actions, strength and valor are celebrated in the Ossianic poems, and various other productions of the ancient bards; he is called Fingal in MacPherson's Poems of Ossian; but it is to be observed that these are not the real poems of Ossian, but mostly fictions fabricated by Mac Pherson himself, and containing some passages from the ancient poems.

Ridgeway An Historical Romance of the Fenian Invasion of Canada Scian Dubh 1855

There is a beautiful cave called Fingal's; which proves that nature loves Gothic architecture.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757

The sea cave in Scotland is especially interesting to note; known as Fingal's Cave.

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