The Poems of Ossian: To which are Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and Dissertation on the Aera and Poems of OssianCrosby, 1862 - 492 pages |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 100
Page 89
... raised to the ' utmost ; their passions have nothing to restrain them , their imagination has nothing to check it . They dis play themselves to one another without disguise , and converse and act in the uncovered simplicity of nature ...
... raised to the ' utmost ; their passions have nothing to restrain them , their imagination has nothing to check it . They dis play themselves to one another without disguise , and converse and act in the uncovered simplicity of nature ...
Page 114
... raised , and the extreme magnificence , fully answering these expecta- tions , with which the hero is at lengtn presented to us , are all worked up with such skilful conduct as would do honor to any poet of the most refined times ...
... raised , and the extreme magnificence , fully answering these expecta- tions , with which the hero is at lengtn presented to us , are all worked up with such skilful conduct as would do honor to any poet of the most refined times ...
Page 119
... raised for him in the first part of the poem , it is a strong proof of Ossian's masterly genius , that he durst adven- ture to produce to us another hero , compared with whom , even the great Cuthullin should be only an in- We ferior ...
... raised for him in the first part of the poem , it is a strong proof of Ossian's masterly genius , that he durst adven- ture to produce to us another hero , compared with whom , even the great Cuthullin should be only an in- We ferior ...
Page 124
... raise their feeble voice . " All this presents to us much the same set of ideas concerning spirits , as we find in the eleventh book of the Odyssey , where Ulysses visits the regions of the dead ; and in the twenty - third book of the ...
... raise their feeble voice . " All this presents to us much the same set of ideas concerning spirits , as we find in the eleventh book of the Odyssey , where Ulysses visits the regions of the dead ; and in the twenty - third book of the ...
Page 125
... raise in the human mind ; and which , in Shakspeare's style , " harrow up the soul . " Crugal's ghost , in particular ... raised his feeble voice , like the gale of the reedy Lego . - My ghost , O Connal ! is on my native hills ; but my ...
... raise in the human mind ; and which , in Shakspeare's style , " harrow up the soul . " Crugal's ghost , in particular ... raised his feeble voice , like the gale of the reedy Lego . - My ghost , O Connal ! is on my native hills ; but my ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
arms arose art thou Atha Balclutha bards battle beam behold bend blast blood blue streams breast Cairbar Calmar car-borne Carril Carthon Cathmor cave chief cloud Clutha Comala Cona Connal Cormac Cromla Cuthullin dark daughter death distant dost thou dwelling echoing Erin eyes fall fame fathers feast feeble fell field Fillan Fingal fled Foldath friends Gaul ghosts gleaming gray grief hair hall hand harp hear heard heath heaven heroes hill Iliad Ireland king of Morven king of swords Lego lift light Lochlin maid midst mighty mist moon Morni mossy mournful Nathos night Oscar Ossian poems poet poetry race raised renown rise roar rock rolled rose rushed Selma shield side sigh silent song sons soul sound spear Starno steel steps stood storm strangers stream Swaran sword tears Temora thee tomb Trenmor Ullin Uthal vale voice warriors waves wind youth