The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed dissertations on the era and poems of Ossian, Volume 11805 |
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... of their being handed down by tradition through so many centuries . Ages of bar- barism , some will say , could not produce poems abound . ng with the disinterested and generous sentiments so conspicuous in 10 DISSERTATION CONCERNING.
... of their being handed down by tradition through so many centuries . Ages of bar- barism , some will say , could not produce poems abound . ng with the disinterested and generous sentiments so conspicuous in 10 DISSERTATION CONCERNING.
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... sentiments that are rarely to be met with in an age of barbarism . The bards , who were originally the disciples of the druids , had their minds opened , and their ideas enlarged , by being ini- tiated in the learning of that celebrated ...
... sentiments that are rarely to be met with in an age of barbarism . The bards , who were originally the disciples of the druids , had their minds opened , and their ideas enlarged , by being ini- tiated in the learning of that celebrated ...
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... sentiments breathe heroism . The subject of it is an invasion of Ireland by Swaran king of Lochlin , which is the name of Scandinavia in the Gaelic language . Cuthullin , general of the Irish tribes , in the minority of Cormic king of ...
... sentiments breathe heroism . The subject of it is an invasion of Ireland by Swaran king of Lochlin , which is the name of Scandinavia in the Gaelic language . Cuthullin , general of the Irish tribes , in the minority of Cormic king of ...
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... sentiment . The middle state is the region of complete barbarism and ignorance . About the beginning of the fifth century , the Scots and Picts were advanced into the second stage , and consequently into those circumscribed sentiments ...
... sentiment . The middle state is the region of complete barbarism and ignorance . About the beginning of the fifth century , the Scots and Picts were advanced into the second stage , and consequently into those circumscribed sentiments ...
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... sentiments , that , even without any knowledge of the language , they pierce and dissolve the heart . Successful love is ... sentiment , that probably kept Ossian so long in the obscurity of an almost lost language . His ideas , though ...
... sentiments , that , even without any knowledge of the language , they pierce and dissolve the heart . Successful love is ... sentiment , that probably kept Ossian so long in the obscurity of an almost lost language . His ideas , though ...
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Page 120 - The other contains a short, but exquisitely tender image, accompanied with the finest poetical painting. " The " music of Carril was like the memory of joys that " are past, pleasant and mournful to the soul.
Page 123 - The land through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it, are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Page 121 - The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters : but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Page 50 - That state, in which human nature shoots wild and free, though unfit for other improvements, certainly encourages the high exertions of fancy and passion.
Page 152 - From the hill I return, O Morna, from the hill of the dark-brown hinds. Three have I slain with my bended yew. Three with my long bounding dogs of the chace.
Page 99 - O gale, it seems to say, I am covered with the drops of heaven? The time of my fading is near, and the blast that shall scatter my leaves. Tomorrow shall the traveller come, he that saw me in my beauty shall come; his eyes will search the field, but they will not find me?
Page 162 - Crugal, or find his lone steps in the heath. I am light as the blast of Cromla, and I move like the shadow of mist. Connal, son of Colgar, I see the dark cloud of death: it hovers over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin shall fall. Remove from the field of ghosts.
Page 87 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Page 125 - Where have ye been, ye southern winds ! when the sons of my love were deceived ? But ye have been sporting on plains, pursuing the thistle's beard.
Page 118 - They fell, like three young oaks which stood alone on " the hill. The traveller saw the lovely trees, and " wondered how they grew so lonely. The blast of the " desert came by night, and laid their green heads low. " Next day he returned; but they were withered, and the