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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... heard such a one ( naming him ) , living in such a place , rehearse the original of such a passage , from such a page to such a page of the English translation , which appeared exact and faithful . If you give to the public a sufficient ...
... heard such a one ( naming him ) , living in such a place , rehearse the original of such a passage , from such a page to such a page of the English translation , which appeared exact and faithful . If you give to the public a sufficient ...
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... heard repeated , or sung , any of the poems ascribed to Ossian , trans- lated and published by Mr. Macpherson ? By whom have you heard them so repeated , and at what time or times ? Did you ever commit any of them to writing ? or can ...
... heard repeated , or sung , any of the poems ascribed to Ossian , trans- lated and published by Mr. Macpherson ? By whom have you heard them so repeated , and at what time or times ? Did you ever commit any of them to writing ? or can ...
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... heard many of them repeated in their youth : that listening to them was the favourite amusement of Highlanders in the hours of leisure and idleness ; but that since the rebellion in 1745 , the manners of the people had undergone a ...
... heard many of them repeated in their youth : that listening to them was the favourite amusement of Highlanders in the hours of leisure and idleness ; but that since the rebellion in 1745 , the manners of the people had undergone a ...
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... heard , or which might have been obtained at an ear- lier period * . || golden locks are spread on the face of the clouds in the east ; or when thou tremblest in the west , at thy dusky doors in the ocean . Perhaps thou and myself are ...
... heard , or which might have been obtained at an ear- lier period * . || golden locks are spread on the face of the clouds in the east ; or when thou tremblest in the west , at thy dusky doors in the ocean . Perhaps thou and myself are ...
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... heard abrupt . Shall the son of the strangers be preferred ? Soon shall he be rolled away , like mist , by the rushing breath of the tempest . ' Sedate I rose , for I despised the boaster's threats . The fair one's eye followed my ...
... heard abrupt . Shall the son of the strangers be preferred ? Soon shall he be rolled away , like mist , by the rushing breath of the tempest . ' Sedate I rose , for I despised the boaster's threats . The fair one's eye followed my ...
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