The Poems of Ossian: To which are Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and Dissertations on the Aera and Poems of OssianFleischer, 1834 - 196 pages |
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... Selma is not at all known in Scotland . When I asked , and particularly those who were possessed of any poetry , songs , or tales , who Fion was ? ( for he is not known by the name of Fingal , by any ; ) I was answered , that he was an ...
... Selma is not at all known in Scotland . When I asked , and particularly those who were possessed of any poetry , songs , or tales , who Fion was ? ( for he is not known by the name of Fingal , by any ; ) I was answered , that he was an ...
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... question take either way , still . The harp in Selma was not idly strung , And long shall last the themes our Poet sung . BERRATHON . Feb. 1 , 1806 . WITHOUT increasing his genius , the Author may have improved 12 A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
... question take either way , still . The harp in Selma was not idly strung , And long shall last the themes our Poet sung . BERRATHON . Feb. 1 , 1806 . WITHOUT increasing his genius , the Author may have improved 12 A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
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... Selma . The sound heard there on the strings of his harp , the concern which Fingal shows on hearing it , and the invocation of the ghosts of their fathers , to receive the heroes falling in a distant land , are introduced with great ...
... Selma . The sound heard there on the strings of his harp , the concern which Fingal shows on hearing it , and the invocation of the ghosts of their fathers , to receive the heroes falling in a distant land , are introduced with great ...
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... Selma brigh- tened around . The clang of arms ascends . The gray dogs howl in their place . No word is among the mighty chiefs . Each marked the eyes of the king ; and half- assumed his spear . ' A poet of original genius is always dis ...
... Selma brigh- tened around . The clang of arms ascends . The gray dogs howl in their place . No word is among the mighty chiefs . Each marked the eyes of the king ; and half- assumed his spear . ' A poet of original genius is always dis ...
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... perceived what inexpressible grandeur poetry receives from the intervention of the Deity . " The nations shall rush like the rushings of many waters ; of the Songs of Selma is particularly cal- || culated 58 CRITICAL DISSERTATION.
... perceived what inexpressible grandeur poetry receives from the intervention of the Deity . " The nations shall rush like the rushings of many waters ; of the Songs of Selma is particularly cal- || culated 58 CRITICAL DISSERTATION.
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