 ... The genius of men is then much turned to admiration and astonishment. Meeting with many objects, to them new and strange, their imagination Is kept glowing, and their passions are often raised to the utmost. They think and express themselves boldly,...  The Poems of Ossian - Pagina 2861773Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 314 pagina’s
...utmost. They think and express themselves boldly, and without restraint. In the progress of society, the genius and manners of men undergo a change more favourable to accuracy, than to strength or sublimity. (See Art. 31 and 32.) 400. Of all writings, ancient or modern, the sacred Scriptures... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1856 - 652 pagina’s
...think, and express themselves boldly, and without restraint In the progress of society, tliegeniuH and manners of men undergo a change more favourable to accuracy, than to strength or sublimity. "the earth shook and trembled, the foundations also of the hills " were moved... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 pagina’s
...utmost. They think and express themselves boldly, and without restraint. In the progress of society, the genius and manners of men undergo a change more favourable to accuracy, than to strength or sublimity. Of all writings, ancient or modern, the Sacred Scriptures afford us the highest... | |
 | Andrew Ashfield, Peter de Bolla - 1996 - 332 pagina’s
...utmost. They think, and express themselves boldly, and without restraint. In the progress of society, the genius and manners of men undergo a change more favourable to accuracy, than to strength or sublimity. Of all writings, ancient or modern, the Sacred Scriptures afford us the highest... | |
 | Emma Clery, Robert Miles - 2000 - 322 pagina’s
...metaphorical style than a modern European would adventure to use in an Epic poem. In the progress of society, the genius and manners of men undergo a change more favourable to accuracy than to sprightliness and sublimity. As the world advances, the understanding gains ground upon the imagination;... | |
 | James Buchan - 2009 - 468 pagina’s
...the understanding gains ground upon the imagination,' he had written in his Critical Dissertation. The genius and manners of men 'undergo a change more favourable to accuracy than to sprightliness and sublimity'.83 Ossian had squared that particular circle, displaying the 'fire and... | |
 | Richard Bauman, Charles L. Briggs - 2003 - 378 pagina’s
...and control, but also to a waning of poetic vigor. "In the progress of society," Blair postulates, "the genius and manners of men undergo a change more favourable to accuracy than to sprightliness and sublimity. 16 In his treatment of public speaking, Blair distinguishes three types... | |
 | Martin Myrone - 2005 - 408 pagina’s
...Prone to exaggerate, they describe everything in the strongest colours ... In the progress of society, the genius and manners of men undergo a change more favourable to accuracy than to sprightliness and sublimity.1" Blair positions Ossian's style as the manifestation of the earliest... | |
 | 1763 - 708 pagina’s
...American Chief, at this day, harangues at the head of his tribe, in a more bold metaphorical ftyle, than a modern European would adventure to ufe in an Epic poem. Poetry has been faicl to be more ancient than profe, which, in a qualified fenfe, it true. Men indeed... | |
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