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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... never judgment , and sought to know no more . heard it mentioned in a company , where There are men , however , whose ardent love some one person or other did not express of truth rises on all occasions paramount to his doubts with ...
... never judgment , and sought to know no more . heard it mentioned in a company , where There are men , however , whose ardent love some one person or other did not express of truth rises on all occasions paramount to his doubts with ...
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... never learn that any one had ever heard or could repeat the original of any one paragraph of the pre- tended translation . This generality , then , must be carefully guarded against , as being of no authority . " Your connexions among ...
... never learn that any one had ever heard or could repeat the original of any one paragraph of the pre- tended translation . This generality , then , must be carefully guarded against , as being of no authority . " Your connexions among ...
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... never doubted of the existence of such poems as Mr. Macpherson had translated ; that they had heard many of them repeated in their youth : that listening to them was the favourite amusement of Highlanders in the hours of leisure and ...
... never doubted of the existence of such poems as Mr. Macpherson had translated ; that they had heard many of them repeated in their youth : that listening to them was the favourite amusement of Highlanders in the hours of leisure and ...
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... never see thy countenance ; though thy yellow by the originals , assures us , that ' near himself , in the parish of Klimnver , lived a person named M Pheal , whom he has heard , for weeks together , from fivé till ten o'clock at night ...
... never see thy countenance ; though thy yellow by the originals , assures us , that ' near himself , in the parish of Klimnver , lived a person named M Pheal , whom he has heard , for weeks together , from fivé till ten o'clock at night ...
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... never broke out into violence or oppression . The chiefs were allowed to execute the laws , but the legis- lative power was entirely in the hands of the Druids . It was by their authority that the tribes were united , in times of the ...
... never broke out into violence or oppression . The chiefs were allowed to execute the laws , but the legis- lative power was entirely in the hands of the Druids . It was by their authority that the tribes were united , in times of the ...
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arms arose art thou Atha Balclutha bards battle beam behold bend blast blood blue streams breast Cairbar Calmar car-borne Carril Carthon Cathmor cave chief cloud Clutha Comala Cona Connal Cormac Cromla Cuthullin dark daughter death distant dost thou dwelling echoing Erin eyes fame fathers feast feeble fell field Fillan Fingal fled Foldath friends Gaul ghosts gleaming gray grief hair hall hand harp hear heard heath heaven heroes hill Iliad Ireland king of Morven king of swords Lego lift light Lochlin maid midst mighty mist moon Morni mossy mournful Nathos night Oscar Ossian poems poet poetry race raised renown rise roar rock rolled rose rushed Selma shield side sigh silent song sons soul sound spear Starno steel steps storm strangers stream Swaran sword tears Temora thee thou art tomb trembling Trenmor Ullin Uthal vale voice warriors waves wind youth