The Poems Of Ossian: In Two Volumes, Volume 2W. Strahan; and T. Becket, in the Strand, Bookseller to their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Bishop of Osnabrugh, 1773 - 435 pagina's |
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Pagina 80
... ideas of those times , concerning the spirits of the de- ceafed , were not fo gloomy and difagreeable , as thofe of fuc- . ceeding ages . The fpirits of women , it was fuppofed , retained that beauty , which they poffeffed while living ...
... ideas of those times , concerning the spirits of the de- ceafed , were not fo gloomy and difagreeable , as thofe of fuc- . ceeding ages . The fpirits of women , it was fuppofed , retained that beauty , which they poffeffed while living ...
Pagina 91
... ideas . Action , on the contrary , and the viciffitudes of fortune which attend it , call forth , by turns , all the powers of the mind , and , by exercising , ftrengthen them . Hence it is , that in great and opulent ftates , when ...
... ideas . Action , on the contrary , and the viciffitudes of fortune which attend it , call forth , by turns , all the powers of the mind , and , by exercising , ftrengthen them . Hence it is , that in great and opulent ftates , when ...
Pagina 100
... idea of the fcene of the action of Temora . At a small diftance from one another rofe the hills of Mora and Lora ; the first poffeffed by Fingal , the fecond by the army of Cathmor . Through the intermediate plain ran the fmall river ...
... idea of the fcene of the action of Temora . At a small diftance from one another rofe the hills of Mora and Lora ; the first poffeffed by Fingal , the fecond by the army of Cathmor . Through the intermediate plain ran the fmall river ...
Pagina 114
... idea of Fillan's danger more forcibly home , than any defcription that could be introduced . There is a fort of eloquence , in filence with propriety . A minute detail of the circumstances of an important fcene is generally cold and ...
... idea of Fillan's danger more forcibly home , than any defcription that could be introduced . There is a fort of eloquence , in filence with propriety . A minute detail of the circumstances of an important fcene is generally cold and ...
Pagina 127
... idea on the mind . Offian is moft fuccefsful in his night - defcriptions . Dark images fuited the melancholy temper of his mind . His poems were all compofed after the active part of his life . was over , when he was blind , and had ...
... idea on the mind . Offian is moft fuccefsful in his night - defcriptions . Dark images fuited the melancholy temper of his mind . His poems were all compofed after the active part of his life . was over , when he was blind , and had ...
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againſt arife art thou Atha bards battle beam behold bends blaft Cairbar Caledonians Cathmor chief circumftances Clatho Clono cloud compofition Conar Cormac courfe courſe Cuthullin dark darkneſs death defart defcended defcribed defcription Druids ecchoing Erin eyes faid fame father feaft fecret feem feen fentiment fhall fhield fhould fide field figh filent Fillan Fingal Fion Firbolg firft firſt flain Foldath fome fong foul fpear fpirit fpread ftands fteps ftill ftorm ftream ftrength ftrife fubject fublime fuch fword Gaul ghoft grey hall harp heath heroes hiftory hill himſelf hoft Homer Iliad Ireland Irish king laft lift mift moffy moft Moi-lena Morni Morven moſt muft night Ofcar Offian paffed perfon Picts poem poet poetry poffeffed prefented racter raiſed reft rife rock roes rofe rolled Scots Selma ſhall ſteps Strutha Sul-malla Temora thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tomb Uthal voice warrior waves whofe winds