The poems of Ossian, in the orig. Gaelic, with a tr. into Lat. by R. Macfarlan. With a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems, by sir J. Sinclair, and a tr. of the abbé Cesarotti's dissertation on the controversy respecting Ossian, with notes and a suppl. essay by J. McArthur, Volume 31807 |
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... collected into one body , and became large streams or rivers . The lifting up of the shield , was the phrase for beginning a war . P. 58. v . 177. Sheas arda nan triath mu'n cuairt Ach Foldath nan dubh ruadh fabhraid , & c . ] The surly ...
... collected into one body , and became large streams or rivers . The lifting up of the shield , was the phrase for beginning a war . P. 58. v . 177. Sheas arda nan triath mu'n cuairt Ach Foldath nan dubh ruadh fabhraid , & c . ] The surly ...
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... collection of Ossian's poems . The ideas of men , at first , were all particular . They had not words to express general conceptions . These were the conse- quence of more profound reflection , and longer acquaintance with the arts of ...
... collection of Ossian's poems . The ideas of men , at first , were all particular . They had not words to express general conceptions . These were the conse- quence of more profound reflection , and longer acquaintance with the arts of ...
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... collection of poems , without the least inconsistency ; and who , possessed of all this genius and art , had , at the same time , the self - denial of concealing himself , and of ascribing his own works to an antiquated bard , without ...
... collection of poems , without the least inconsistency ; and who , possessed of all this genius and art , had , at the same time , the self - denial of concealing himself , and of ascribing his own works to an antiquated bard , without ...
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... collection of Caledonian poems , from the singular vanity and caprice of deceiving the public , by ascribing them to a chimerical bard , the son of a petty Highland prince equally chimerical . Such is the opinion adopted by the ...
... collection of Caledonian poems , from the singular vanity and caprice of deceiving the public , by ascribing them to a chimerical bard , the son of a petty Highland prince equally chimerical . Such is the opinion adopted by the ...
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... collected from MSS . but from the mouth of the poet . Notwithstanding their enormous length , there was some one , or perhaps there were many , who loaded their memory with this heavy deposit , and , by the aids of their reten- tive ...
... collected from MSS . but from the mouth of the poet . Notwithstanding their enormous length , there was some one , or perhaps there were many , who loaded their memory with this heavy deposit , and , by the aids of their reten- tive ...
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