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Page 33
... stood , darkened in my place . The image of the maid wandered over my troubled soul . The sprightly harp's melodious voice arose from the string of the bards . My soul melted away in the sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed ...
... stood , darkened in my place . The image of the maid wandered over my troubled soul . The sprightly harp's melodious voice arose from the string of the bards . My soul melted away in the sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed ...
Page 41
... stood up when Virgil came into the theatre , Varius only could correct the Æneid . He that obtains fame must receive it through mere fashion ; and gratify his vanity with the applause of men , of whose judgment he cannot approve . The ...
... stood up when Virgil came into the theatre , Varius only could correct the Æneid . He that obtains fame must receive it through mere fashion ; and gratify his vanity with the applause of men , of whose judgment he cannot approve . The ...
Page 83
... stood unrivalled and alone . Ossian himself had many singular and less de- cate qualifications than playing on the harp ; and the brave Cuthullin was of so diminutive a size , as to be taken for a child of two years of age by the ...
... stood unrivalled and alone . Ossian himself had many singular and less de- cate qualifications than playing on the harp ; and the brave Cuthullin was of so diminutive a size , as to be taken for a child of two years of age by the ...
Page 132
... that solemn and awful subli- mity , which suits the subject . Dim , and in tears , he stood , and he stretched his pale hand over the hero . Faintly he raised his feeble voice , like the gale of the reedy Lego . 132 CRITICAL DISSERTATION.
... that solemn and awful subli- mity , which suits the subject . Dim , and in tears , he stood , and he stretched his pale hand over the hero . Faintly he raised his feeble voice , like the gale of the reedy Lego . 132 CRITICAL DISSERTATION.
Page 134
... stood up . It stood still : but I could not discern the form thereof . An image was before mine eyes . There was silence ; and I heard a voice - Shall mortal man be more just than God ? ' As Ossian's supernatural beings are describ- Ied ...
... stood up . It stood still : but I could not discern the form thereof . An image was before mine eyes . There was silence ; and I heard a voice - Shall mortal man be more just than God ? ' As Ossian's supernatural beings are describ- Ied ...
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