The Poems of OssianBernhard Tauchnitz, 1847 - 382 pages |
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... Poet in antiquity , the Translator should have been born on this side of the Tweed . These observations regard only ... poets . Though two hundred thousand Ro- mans stood up when Virgil came into the theatre , Varius only could correct ...
... Poet in antiquity , the Translator should have been born on this side of the Tweed . These observations regard only ... poets . Though two hundred thousand Ro- mans stood up when Virgil came into the theatre , Varius only could correct ...
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... poets lay claim . Through the medium of version upon version , they re- tain , in foreign languages , their native character of simplicity and energy . Genuine poetry , like gold , loses little , when pro- perly transfused ; but when a ...
... poets lay claim . Through the medium of version upon version , they re- tain , in foreign languages , their native character of simplicity and energy . Genuine poetry , like gold , loses little , when pro- perly transfused ; but when a ...
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... poet has genius . It is hard to account for it to those who are not made acquainted with the manner of the old Scottish bards . That race of men carried their notions of martial honour to an extravagant pitch . Any aid given their ...
... poet has genius . It is hard to account for it to those who are not made acquainted with the manner of the old Scottish bards . That race of men carried their notions of martial honour to an extravagant pitch . Any aid given their ...
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... poet brought down gods , as often as Homer has done , to assist his heroes , his work had not consisted of eulogiums on men , but of hymns to superior beings . Those who write in the Gaƫlic language seldom mention religion in their ...
... poet brought down gods , as often as Homer has done , to assist his heroes , his work had not consisted of eulogiums on men , but of hymns to superior beings . Those who write in the Gaƫlic language seldom mention religion in their ...
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... poets , endeavoured to excel his people in merit , as he was above them in station . This emulation continuing , formed at last the general character of the nation , happily compounded of what is noble in barbarity , and virtuous and ...
... poets , endeavoured to excel his people in merit , as he was above them in station . This emulation continuing , formed at last the general character of the nation , happily compounded of what is noble in barbarity , and virtuous and ...
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The Poems of Ossian James MacPherson,Hugh 1718-1800 Critical Dissert Blair No preview available - 2016 |
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