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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... Oscar and Gaul , are mentioned in every stanza . The only doubt is , whether these poems have any far- ther resemblance to the poems published by Macpher- son . I was told by Bourke , * a very ingenious Irish gentleman , the author of a ...
... Oscar and Gaul , are mentioned in every stanza . The only doubt is , whether these poems have any far- ther resemblance to the poems published by Macpher- son . I was told by Bourke , * a very ingenious Irish gentleman , the author of a ...
Page 51
... the epocha of Fingal to the third century ; and this account agrees exactly with the Irish histories , which place the death of Fingal , the son of Comhal , in the year 283 , and that of Oscar and their THE ERA OF Ossian . 51.
... the epocha of Fingal to the third century ; and this account agrees exactly with the Irish histories , which place the death of Fingal , the son of Comhal , in the year 283 , and that of Oscar and their THE ERA OF Ossian . 51.
Page 52
... Oscar and their owr cele . brated Cairbre , in the year 296 . Some people may imagine , that the allusions to the Roman history might have been derived by tradition , from learned men , more than from ancient poems . This must then have ...
... Oscar and their owr cele . brated Cairbre , in the year 296 . Some people may imagine , that the allusions to the Roman history might have been derived by tradition , from learned men , more than from ancient poems . This must then have ...
Page 78
... Oscar stood unrivalled an 1 ulone . ' " Ossian himself had many singular and less delicate 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 ...
... Oscar stood unrivalled an 1 ulone . ' " Ossian himself had many singular and less delicate 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 ...
Page 80
... Oscar . " This piece is founded on the same story which we have in the first book of Temora . So little thought the author of Cath - cabhra of making Oscar his countryman , 80 DISSERTATION ON.
... Oscar . " This piece is founded on the same story which we have in the first book of Temora . So little thought the author of Cath - cabhra of making Oscar his countryman , 80 DISSERTATION ON.
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