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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... poet Ossian , the son of Fingal , by whom their exploits were sung , is as universal in the Highlands , as the belief of any ancient fact whatsoever . it is recorded in proverbs , which pass through all rank and conditions of men ...
... poet Ossian , the son of Fingal , by whom their exploits were sung , is as universal in the Highlands , as the belief of any ancient fact whatsoever . it is recorded in proverbs , which pass through all rank and conditions of men ...
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... poet that Mr. Macpherson asked him the question . A bheil dad agad air an Fheinn ? by which he meant to inquire , whether or not he knew any of the poems of Ossian relative to the Fingalians : but that the term in which the question was ...
... poet that Mr. Macpherson asked him the question . A bheil dad agad air an Fheinn ? by which he meant to inquire , whether or not he knew any of the poems of Ossian relative to the Fingalians : but that the term in which the question was ...
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... poets , both of ancient and modern times . Mr. Laing , however , is one of those detectors of plagiarisms , and discoverers of coincidences , whose exquisite penetar- tion and acuteness can find any thing anywhere . Dr. Johnson , who ...
... poets , both of ancient and modern times . Mr. Laing , however , is one of those detectors of plagiarisms , and discoverers of coincidences , whose exquisite penetar- tion and acuteness can find any thing anywhere . Dr. Johnson , who ...
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... poet , will think the latter unanswered ; while those who continue to in " Some of Ossian's lesser Poems , rendered into verse , with a Preliminary Discourse , in answer to Mr. Laing's Critical and His- torical Dissertation on the ...
... poet , will think the latter unanswered ; while those who continue to in " Some of Ossian's lesser Poems , rendered into verse , with a Preliminary Discourse , in answer to Mr. Laing's Critical and His- torical Dissertation on the ...
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... poet quoted by Gibbon : " The owl hath sung her watch - song in the towers of Afrasiab " " All nature is consonant to the horrors of my mind . " Larnel , p . 163. Evidently from the rhythmas of the Portuguese poet . One in despair ...
... poet quoted by Gibbon : " The owl hath sung her watch - song in the towers of Afrasiab " " All nature is consonant to the horrors of my mind . " Larnel , p . 163. Evidently from the rhythmas of the Portuguese poet . One in despair ...
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