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... is that nervous arm , once the terror of foes . Scarce can I grasp my staff , the prop of my rembling limbs . Lead me to yonder craggy steep . The mur- mur of the falling streams ; the whistling winds rushing A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . 29.
... is that nervous arm , once the terror of foes . Scarce can I grasp my staff , the prop of my rembling limbs . Lead me to yonder craggy steep . The mur- mur of the falling streams ; the whistling winds rushing A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . 29.
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James Macpherson. mur of the falling streams ; the whistling winds rushing through the woods of my hills ; the welcome rays of the bounteous sun will soon awake the voice of song in my breast . The thoughts of former years glide over my ...
James Macpherson. mur of the falling streams ; the whistling winds rushing through the woods of my hills ; the welcome rays of the bounteous sun will soon awake the voice of song in my breast . The thoughts of former years glide over my ...
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... rushing breath of the tempest . ' Sedate I rose , for I despised the boaster's threats . The fair one's eye followed my ... rushed on the chief , and stretched his bulk on the plain . Groaning he fell to earth . Lego's shores re - echoed ...
... rushing breath of the tempest . ' Sedate I rose , for I despised the boaster's threats . The fair one's eye followed my ... rushed on the chief , and stretched his bulk on the plain . Groaning he fell to earth . Lego's shores re - echoed ...
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... rushed eager on death . He fell . Blood gushed from his panting breast . Tears flowed streaming from mine eyes . I stretched forth my hand to the chief . I proffered gentle words of peace . Faintly he seized my hand . Stranger , ' he ...
... rushed eager on death . He fell . Blood gushed from his panting breast . Tears flowed streaming from mine eyes . I stretched forth my hand to the chief . I proffered gentle words of peace . Faintly he seized my hand . Stranger , ' he ...
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... rushing through a solitary valley ; the scattered oaks , and the tombs of warriors overgrown with moss ; all produce a solemn attention in the mind , and prepare it for great and extraordinary events . We find not in Ossian an ...
... rushing through a solitary valley ; the scattered oaks , and the tombs of warriors overgrown with moss ; all produce a solemn attention in the mind , and prepare it for great and extraordinary events . We find not in Ossian an ...
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