The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 3J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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... observe , that they are scarcely more fo than the poems of other nations , at that period . On other fubjects , the bards of Ireland have difplayed a genius worthy of any age or nation . It was , alone , in matters of antiquity , that ...
... observe , that they are scarcely more fo than the poems of other nations , at that period . On other fubjects , the bards of Ireland have difplayed a genius worthy of any age or nation . It was , alone , in matters of antiquity , that ...
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... observation is far from being jult ; for true genius and judgment must be infeparable . The wild fights of fancy , without the guidance of judg- ment , are , as Horace obferves , like the dreams of a fick man , irksome and confufed ...
... observation is far from being jult ; for true genius and judgment must be infeparable . The wild fights of fancy , without the guidance of judg- ment , are , as Horace obferves , like the dreams of a fick man , irksome and confufed ...
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