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 127
... objects which favour the fublime . The face of the country , the night , the broken remains of a defeated army , and , above all , the attitude and filence of Fingal himself , are circum- ftances calculated to impress an awful idea on ...
... objects which favour the fublime . The face of the country , the night , the broken remains of a defeated army , and , above all , the attitude and filence of Fingal himself , are circum- ftances calculated to impress an awful idea on ...
Pagina 251
... objects of attention to the historians of other countries . The internal state of the two Caledonian kingdoms has always continued , and ever must remain , in obfcurity and fable . Ir is in this epoch we must fix the beginning . of the ...
... objects of attention to the historians of other countries . The internal state of the two Caledonian kingdoms has always continued , and ever must remain , in obfcurity and fable . Ir is in this epoch we must fix the beginning . of the ...
Pagina 257
... object of fiction and poetry to the bards . 2 THE bards erected their immediate patrons into heroes , and celebrated them in their fongs . As the circle of their knowledge was narrow , their ideas were confined in proportion . A few ...
... object of fiction and poetry to the bards . 2 THE bards erected their immediate patrons into heroes , and celebrated them in their fongs . As the circle of their knowledge was narrow , their ideas were confined in proportion . A few ...
Pagina 284
... objects they admired , and what pleasures they purfued , before thofe refinements of fociety had taken place , which enlarge in- deed , and diverfify the tranfactions , but difguife the manners of mankind . BESIDES this merit , which ...
... objects they admired , and what pleasures they purfued , before thofe refinements of fociety had taken place , which enlarge in- deed , and diverfify the tranfactions , but difguife the manners of mankind . BESIDES this merit , which ...
Pagina 285
... objects , and to the influ- ence of imagination and paffion over the form of expreffion . Both these causes concur in the infancy of fociety . Figures are commonly con- fidered as artificial modes of fpeech , devifed by orators and ...
... objects , and to the influ- ence of imagination and paffion over the form of expreffion . Both these causes concur in the infancy of fociety . Figures are commonly con- fidered as artificial modes of fpeech , devifed by orators and ...
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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