The Poems of OssianBernhard Tauchnitz, 1847 - 382 pages |
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... heard of before that period , most writers supposed them to have been a colony newly come to Britain , and that the Picts were the only genuine descendants of the ancient Caledonians . This mistake is easily removed . The Caledonians in ...
... heard of before that period , most writers supposed them to have been a colony newly come to Britain , and that the Picts were the only genuine descendants of the ancient Caledonians . This mistake is easily removed . The Caledonians in ...
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... heard in other ages , when the kings of Temora have failed . " " From all this , the Celtic tribes clearly appear to have been addicted in so high a degree to poetry , and to have made it so much their study from the earliest times , as ...
... heard in other ages , when the kings of Temora have failed . " " From all this , the Celtic tribes clearly appear to have been addicted in so high a degree to poetry , and to have made it so much their study from the earliest times , as ...
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... heard on the heath . Oscar drew his sword . " Nothing can prepare the fancy more happily for the awful scene that is to follow . " Trenmor came from his hill , at the voice of his mighty son . A cloud , like the steed of the stranger ...
... heard on the heath . Oscar drew his sword . " Nothing can prepare the fancy more happily for the awful scene that is to follow . " Trenmor came from his hill , at the voice of his mighty son . A cloud , like the steed of the stranger ...
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... heard the voice of his praise . " This is precisely the ghost of Achilles in Homer ; who , notwithstanding all the dissatisfaction he ex- presses with his state in the region of the dead , as soon as he had heard his son Neoptolemus ...
... heard the voice of his praise . " This is precisely the ghost of Achilles in Homer ; who , notwithstanding all the dissatisfaction he ex- presses with his state in the region of the dead , as soon as he had heard his son Neoptolemus ...
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... heard on the strings of Ossian's harp : all perfectly consonant , not only to the peculiar ideas of northern nations , but to the general current of a superstitious imagination in all coun- tries . The description of Fingal's airy hall ...
... heard on the strings of Ossian's harp : all perfectly consonant , not only to the peculiar ideas of northern nations , but to the general current of a superstitious imagination in all coun- tries . The description of Fingal's airy hall ...
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The Poems of Ossian James MacPherson,Hugh 1718-1800 Critical Dissert Blair No preview available - 2016 |
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arms arose art thou Atha Balclutha bards battle beam behold bend blast blood blue streams Cairbar Calmar car-borne Carril Carthon Cathmor cave chief cloud Clutha Comala Cona Connal Cormac Cromla Cuthullin dark daughter death distant dost thou dwelling echoing Erin eyes fallen fame fathers feast feeble fell field Fillan Fingal fled Foldath friends Gaul ghosts gleaming grey grief hair hall hand harp hear heard heath heaven heroes hill king of Morven king of swords Lego lift light Lochlin maid midst mighty mist moon Morni mossy mournful Nathos night Oscar Ossian poem Poems of Ossian poet race raised rejoice renown rise roar rock rolled rose rushed Selma shield side sigh silent song sons soul sound spear Starno steel steps storm strangers stream Swaran sword tears Temora thee tomb trembling Trenmor Ullin Uthal vale voice warriors waves wind youth