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Page 34
... tomb , and mingle one tear with my dust ; this is my sole request . This she can grant to my shade . ' I would have spoken , but broken sighs is- suing from my breast , interrupted my faltering words . I threw my spear aside . I clasped ...
... tomb , and mingle one tear with my dust ; this is my sole request . This she can grant to my shade . ' I would have spoken , but broken sighs is- suing from my breast , interrupted my faltering words . I threw my spear aside . I clasped ...
Page 35
... tomb . Lay me by the fair Evir - allen . When the revolving years bring back the mild season of spring to our hills , sing the praise of Cona's bard , of Ossian , the friend of the distressed . The difference , in many material circum ...
... tomb . Lay me by the fair Evir - allen . When the revolving years bring back the mild season of spring to our hills , sing the praise of Cona's bard , of Ossian , the friend of the distressed . The difference , in many material circum ...
Page 113
... 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 imagination that sports itself , and ON THE POEMS OF OSSIAN . 113.
... 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 imagination that sports itself , and ON THE POEMS OF OSSIAN . 113.
Page 143
... tombs of thy fathers . ' Let On the next day , the greatest and the last of Fillan's life , the charge is committed to him of leading on the host to battle . Fingal's speech to his troops on this occasion is full of noble sentiment ...
... tombs of thy fathers . ' Let On the next day , the greatest and the last of Fillan's life , the charge is committed to him of leading on the host to battle . Fingal's speech to his troops on this occasion is full of noble sentiment ...
Page 158
... tombs of two lovers , two lonely yews are mentioned to have sprung , whose branches wished to meet on high . ' This sym- pathy of the trees with the lovers , may be reckon- ed to border on an Italian conceit ; and it is somewhat curious ...
... tombs of two lovers , two lonely yews are mentioned to have sprung , whose branches wished to meet on high . ' This sym- pathy of the trees with the lovers , may be reckon- ed to border on an Italian conceit ; and it is somewhat curious ...
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