The Poems of Ossian: To which are Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and Dissertations on the Aera and Poems of OssianFleischer, 1834 - 196 pages |
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Page 10
... arose from the strings of the bards . My soul melted away in the sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed gently away in song . Murmurs soon broke upon our joy . Half unsheathed daggers gleamed . Many a voice was heard abrupt ...
... arose from the strings of the bards . My soul melted away in the sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed gently away in song . Murmurs soon broke upon our joy . Half unsheathed daggers gleamed . Many a voice was heard abrupt ...
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... arose in her breast . Her joy was in the chase . Each morning , when doubtful light wandered dimly on Lulan's waves , she roused the resounding woods to Gormal's head of snow . Nor moved the maid alone , & c . The Gaëlic name of ...
... arose in her breast . Her joy was in the chase . Each morning , when doubtful light wandered dimly on Lulan's waves , she roused the resounding woods to Gormal's head of snow . Nor moved the maid alone , & c . The Gaëlic name of ...
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... arose . ' Ossian himself appears to have been endowed by nature with an exquisite sen- sibility of heart ; prone to that tender me- Now when we consider a college or order lancholy which is so often an attendant on of men , who ...
... arose . ' Ossian himself appears to have been endowed by nature with an exquisite sen- sibility of heart ; prone to that tender me- Now when we consider a college or order lancholy which is so often an attendant on of men , who ...
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... arose . Aristotle studied indebted for that admirable display he has nature in Homer . Homer and Ossian both given of human nature . Yet , if he be tedious wrote from nature . No wonder that among any where , it is in these ; some of ...
... arose . Aristotle studied indebted for that admirable display he has nature in Homer . Homer and Ossian both given of human nature . Yet , if he be tedious wrote from nature . No wonder that among any where , it is in these ; some of ...
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... arose on the heath ; and shook his glittering spear in his hand . He moved first towards the plains of Lena ; and we followed like a ridge of fire . Spread the sail , said the king of Morven , and catch the winds that pour from Lena ...
... arose on the heath ; and shook his glittering spear in his hand . He moved first towards the plains of Lena ; and we followed like a ridge of fire . Spread the sail , said the king of Morven , and catch the winds that pour from Lena ...
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