The Poems of OssianBernhard Tauchnitz, 1847 - 382 pages |
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... seen the first bestowed too precipitately ; and the latter is so faithless to its purpose , that it is often the only index to merit in the present age . Though the taste which defines genius by the points of the compass , is a subject ...
... seen the first bestowed too precipitately ; and the latter is so faithless to its purpose , that it is often the only index to merit in the present age . Though the taste which defines genius by the points of the compass , is a subject ...
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... seen the Christians whom the persecution under Dioclesian had driven beyond the pale of the Roman empire . In one of the many lamentations on the death of Oscar , a battle which he fought against Caros , king of ships , on the banks of ...
... seen the Christians whom the persecution under Dioclesian had driven beyond the pale of the Roman empire . In one of the many lamentations on the death of Oscar , a battle which he fought against Caros , king of ships , on the banks of ...
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... seen ; or draws any characters in such strong colours as those which he has personally known . It is considered as an advantage of the epic subject to be taken from a period so distant , as by being involved in the darkness of tradition ...
... seen ; or draws any characters in such strong colours as those which he has personally known . It is considered as an advantage of the epic subject to be taken from a period so distant , as by being involved in the darkness of tradition ...
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... seen ; they recall known features of human nature . When poets attempt to go beyond this range , and describe a faultless hero , they for the most part set before us a sort of vague undistinguishable character such as the imagination ...
... seen ; they recall known features of human nature . When poets attempt to go beyond this range , and describe a faultless hero , they for the most part set before us a sort of vague undistinguishable character such as the imagination ...
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... seen and conversed with them , and whose imagination was full of the impression they had left upon it . He calls up those awful and tremendous ideas which the - Simulacra modis pallentia miris are fitted to raise in the human mind ; and ...
... seen and conversed with them , and whose imagination was full of the impression they had left upon it . He calls up those awful and tremendous ideas which the - Simulacra modis pallentia miris are fitted to raise in the human mind ; 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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