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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... hear them totally rejected with disdain the charin , and turn a fruitful Eden into a and indignation , as a palpable and most barren wild , they would pursue it . For impudent forgery . This opinion has , indeed , these , and for the ...
... hear them totally rejected with disdain the charin , and turn a fruitful Eden into a and indignation , as a palpable and most barren wild , they would pursue it . For impudent forgery . This opinion has , indeed , these , and for the ...
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... Hear , O Malvina ! a tale of my youth. MSS . of a much older date than Mr. Laing requires to be convinced . Though not more credulous than my neighbours , I cannot re- sist facts so well attested ; there are no stronger for believing the ...
... Hear , O Malvina ! a tale of my youth. MSS . of a much older date than Mr. Laing requires to be convinced . Though not more credulous than my neighbours , I cannot re- sist facts so well attested ; there are no stronger for believing the ...
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... Hear , O Malvina ! a tale of my youth , the actions of my former days . Peace reign'd over Morven's hills . The shell of joy resounded in our halls . Round the blaze of the oak sported in festive dance the maids of Morven . They shone ...
... Hear , O Malvina ! a tale of my youth , the actions of my former days . Peace reign'd over Morven's hills . The shell of joy resounded in our halls . Round the blaze of the oak sported in festive dance the maids of Morven . They shone ...
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... hears praise without being elevated , and ribaldry without being depressed . He has frequently seen the first bestowed too precipitately ; and the latter is so faithless to its purpose , that it is often the only index to merit in the ...
... hears praise without being elevated , and ribaldry without being depressed . He has frequently seen the first bestowed too precipitately ; and the latter is so faithless to its purpose , that it is often the only index to merit in the ...
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... hear of their Druids and their Bards ; the institution of which two orders was the capital distinction of their manners and policy . The Druids were their philosophers and priests ; the Bards , their poets and recorders of heroic ...
... hear of their Druids and their Bards ; the institution of which two orders was the capital distinction of their manners and policy . The Druids were their philosophers and priests ; the Bards , their poets and recorders of heroic ...
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