The Poems of OssianBernhard Tauchnitz, 1847 - 382 pages |
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Page 54
... ghosts in another state . " They wander in thick mists beside the reedy lake ; but never shall they rise , without the song , to the dwelling of winds . " After death , they expected to follow employments of the same nature with those ...
... ghosts in another state . " They wander in thick mists beside the reedy lake ; but never shall they rise , without the song , to the dwelling of winds . " After death , they expected to follow employments of the same nature with those ...
Page 72
... ghosts and spirits : it is likely he believed them himself ; and he introduced them because they gave his poems that solemn and marvellous cast which suited his genius . This was the only machinery he could employ with propriety ...
... ghosts and spirits : it is likely he believed them himself ; and he introduced them because they gave his poems that solemn and marvellous cast which suited his genius . This was the only machinery he could employ with propriety ...
Page 73
... ghosts were of the same nature , we cannot but observe , that Ossian's ghosts are drawn with much stronger and livelier colours than those of Homer . Ossian describes ghosts with all the particu- larity of one who had seen and conversed ...
... ghosts were of the same nature , we cannot but observe , that Ossian's ghosts are drawn with much stronger and livelier colours than those of Homer . Ossian describes ghosts with all the particu- larity of one who had seen and conversed ...
Page 74
... ghost , O Connal ! is on my native hills ; but my corse is on the sands of Ullin . Thou shalt never talk with Crugal , or ... ghosts . Like the darkened moon he retired in the midst of the whistling blast . " Several other appearances of ...
... ghost , O Connal ! is on my native hills ; but my corse is on the sands of Ullin . Thou shalt never talk with Crugal , or ... ghosts . Like the darkened moon he retired in the midst of the whistling blast . " Several other appearances of ...
Page 75
... ghosts in Fingal : that of Crugal , which comes to warn the host of impending destruction , and to advise them to save themselves by retreat ; that of Evirallin , the spouse of Ossian , which calls him to rise and rescue their son from ...
... ghosts in Fingal : that of Crugal , which comes to warn the host of impending destruction , and to advise them to save themselves by retreat ; that of Evirallin , the spouse of Ossian , which calls him to rise and rescue their son from ...
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