Works of Ossian: Vol. I.Fleischer, 1783 |
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Page xi
... fame thing as to fay , that it does not confift of people endued with reafon . The traditions of their fathers , and their own obfervations on the works of nature , toge ther with that fuperftition which is inherent in the human frame ...
... fame thing as to fay , that it does not confift of people endued with reafon . The traditions of their fathers , and their own obfervations on the works of nature , toge ther with that fuperftition which is inherent in the human frame ...
Page xv
... fame with the noted ufurper Caraufius , who asfum ed the purple in the year 287 , and seizing on Britain , defeated the emperor Maximian Herculius , in feveral naval engagements , which gives propriety to his being called , in Offian's ...
... fame with the noted ufurper Caraufius , who asfum ed the purple in the year 287 , and seizing on Britain , defeated the emperor Maximian Herculius , in feveral naval engagements , which gives propriety to his being called , in Offian's ...
Page xvii
... fame . They attended him in the camp , and contributed to establish his power by their fongs . His great actions were magnified , and the populace , who had no ability to examine into his character narrowly , were dazzled with his fame ...
... fame . They attended him in the camp , and contributed to establish his power by their fongs . His great actions were magnified , and the populace , who had no ability to examine into his character narrowly , were dazzled with his fame ...
Page xviii
... fame worthy of immortality . A ge- nerous fpirit is warmed with noble actions , and be 1 comes ambitious of perpetuating them . This is the true fource of that divine infpiration , to which the poets of all ages pretended . When they ...
... fame worthy of immortality . A ge- nerous fpirit is warmed with noble actions , and be 1 comes ambitious of perpetuating them . This is the true fource of that divine infpiration , to which the poets of all ages pretended . When they ...
Page xxi
... fame manner . All the hiftorical monuments of the old Germans were comprehended in their ancient fongs ( * ) ; which were either hymns to their gods , or elegies in praise of their heroes , and were intended to perpetuate the great ...
... fame manner . All the hiftorical monuments of the old Germans were comprehended in their ancient fongs ( * ) ; which were either hymns to their gods , or elegies in praise of their heroes , and were intended to perpetuate the great ...
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