The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 3J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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... scenes they defcribe , they muft afford the highest pleasure and fatisfaction . It was the focality of his defcription and fentiment , that , probably , kept Offian fo long in the obfcurity of an almoft loft lan- guage . His ideas ...
... scenes they defcribe , they muft afford the highest pleasure and fatisfaction . It was the focality of his defcription and fentiment , that , probably , kept Offian fo long in the obfcurity of an almoft loft lan- guage . His ideas ...
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... which concludes the action of the first day . The scene of this book is a plain , near the hill of Mora , which rofe on the borders of the heath of Moilena , in Ulfter . AN EPIC POEM ( 1 ) . BOOK FIRST . ARGUMENT to BOOK I.
... which concludes the action of the first day . The scene of this book is a plain , near the hill of Mora , which rofe on the borders of the heath of Moilena , in Ulfter . AN EPIC POEM ( 1 ) . BOOK FIRST . ARGUMENT to BOOK I.
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... scenes . This , in fome measure , is to be attributed to his melancholy difpofition , which delighted to dwell upon folemn objects . Even other poets , of a lefs ferious turn than Offian , have best succeeded in descriptions of this ...
... scenes . This , in fome measure , is to be attributed to his melancholy difpofition , which delighted to dwell upon folemn objects . Even other poets , of a lefs ferious turn than Offian , have best succeeded in descriptions of this ...
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