The Poems of Ossian: To which are Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and Dissertation on the Aera and Poems of OssianCrosby, 1862 - 492 pages |
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... Fingal , the Irish giant , † did not one day go " over from Carrick- * See Macklin's Love A - la - mode . " Selma is not at all known in Scotland . When I asked , and particularly those who were possessed of any poetry , songs , or ...
... Fingal , the Irish giant , † did not one day go " over from Carrick- * See Macklin's Love A - la - mode . " Selma is not at all known in Scotland . When I asked , and particularly those who were possessed of any poetry , songs , or ...
Page 51
... Fingal is no other than Caracalla , who as the son of Severus , the emperor of Rome , whose dominions were extended almost over the known world , was not without reason called the " son of the king of the world . " The space of time ...
... Fingal is no other than Caracalla , who as the son of Severus , the emperor of Rome , whose dominions were extended almost over the known world , was not without reason called the " son of the king of the world . " The space of time ...
Page 68
... Fingal of that name , who makes a considerable figure in Ossian's Poems . The three elder sons of Fingal , Ossian , Fillan , and Ryno , dying without issue , the suc cession , of course , devolved upon Fergus , the fourth son , and his ...
... Fingal of that name , who makes a considerable figure in Ossian's Poems . The three elder sons of Fingal , Ossian , Fillan , and Ryno , dying without issue , the suc cession , of course , devolved upon Fergus , the fourth son , and his ...
Page 113
... Fingal obviously furnishes one , not inferior to that of any other poet , viz : that wisdom and bravery always triumph over brutal force or another , nobler still that the most complete victory over an enemy is obtained by that ...
... Fingal obviously furnishes one , not inferior to that of any other poet , viz : that wisdom and bravery always triumph over brutal force or another , nobler still that the most complete victory over an enemy is obtained by that ...
Page 115
... Fingal . Nothing could be more happily imagined for this purpose than the whole man . agement of the last battle , wherein Gaul , the son of Morni , had besought Fingal to retire , and to leave him and his other chiefs the honor of the ...
... Fingal . Nothing could be more happily imagined for this purpose than the whole man . agement of the last battle , wherein Gaul , the son of Morni , had besought Fingal to retire , and to leave him and his other chiefs the honor of the ...
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