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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... made to prove the Eneid Erse , from Arma virumque cano , ' and ' Airm's am fear canam , ' having the same meaning , and nearly the same sound . 1 * Colonel - Commander of the regiment of Ko - A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
... made to prove the Eneid Erse , from Arma virumque cano , ' and ' Airm's am fear canam , ' having the same meaning , and nearly the same sound . 1 * Colonel - Commander of the regiment of Ko - A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
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... sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed gently away in song . Murmurs soon broke upon our joy . Half ... sound summoned us to the doubtful strife of spears . Lothmar , fierce hunter of the woody Galmal , first opposed but ...
... sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed gently away in song . Murmurs soon broke upon our joy . Half ... sound summoned us to the doubtful strife of spears . Lothmar , fierce hunter of the woody Galmal , first opposed but ...
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... sound , to substitute one word for another . This excellence is peculiar to the Celtic tongue , and is per- haps to be met with in no other language . Nor does this choice of words clog the sense , or weaken the expression . The nu ...
... sound , to substitute one word for another . This excellence is peculiar to the Celtic tongue , and is per- haps to be met with in no other language . Nor does this choice of words clog the sense , or weaken the expression . The nu ...
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... sound instruction , but would There cannot be find very few readers . the least doubt that the first object which strikes an epic poet , which fires his genius , only forty - seven days , whilst that of the ON THE POEMS OF OSSIAN . 39.
... sound instruction , but would There cannot be find very few readers . the least doubt that the first object which strikes an epic poet , which fires his genius , only forty - seven days , whilst that of the ON THE POEMS OF OSSIAN . 39.
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... sound of a distant stream . ' The cir- cumstance of the stars being beheld , ' dim- twinkling through his form , is wonderfully picturesque ; and conveys the most lively impression of his thin and shadowy sub- stance . The attitude in ...
... sound of a distant stream . ' The cir- cumstance of the stars being beheld , ' dim- twinkling through his form , is wonderfully picturesque ; and conveys the most lively impression of his thin and shadowy sub- stance . The attitude in ...
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