The Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 1Cameron & Murdoch, no. 102, Trongate, Glasgow., 1797 |
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Page 67
... thousand years before . To fuppofe that two or three hundred years ago , when we well know the Highlands to have been in a flate of grofs ignorance and barbarity , there fhould have arifen in that country a poet , of fuch exquifite ...
... thousand years before . To fuppofe that two or three hundred years ago , when we well know the Highlands to have been in a flate of grofs ignorance and barbarity , there fhould have arifen in that country a poet , of fuch exquifite ...
Page 69
... between the Greek and the Celtic bard . For though Homer lived more than a thousand years before Offi- an , it is not from the age of the world , but from the flate of fociety , that we are to judge of ON THE POEMS OF OSSIAN . 69.
... between the Greek and the Celtic bard . For though Homer lived more than a thousand years before Offi- an , it is not from the age of the world , but from the flate of fociety , that we are to judge of ON THE POEMS OF OSSIAN . 69.
Page 104
... thousand fhields are placed at once on their arms ; " and they drew a thousand swords . The hall of Sel- " ma brightened around . The clang of arms afcends . " The gray dogs howl in their place . No word is a- 66 mong the mighty chiefs ...
... thousand fhields are placed at once on their arms ; " and they drew a thousand swords . The hall of Sel- " ma brightened around . The clang of arms afcends . " The gray dogs howl in their place . No word is a- 66 mong the mighty chiefs ...
Page 117
... thousand " fprings , and mix in the hollowed channel . The dif " tant fhepherd hears on the mountain , their roar " from afar . Such was the terror and the shout of " the engaging armies . " In another paffage , the poet , much in the ...
... thousand " fprings , and mix in the hollowed channel . The dif " tant fhepherd hears on the mountain , their roar " from afar . Such was the terror and the shout of " the engaging armies . " In another paffage , the poet , much in the ...
Page 134
... thousand bards . But age is now " on my tongue , and my foul has failed . I hear , fome- † Offian himself is poetically called the Voice of Cona . " times , the ghofts of bards , and learn 134 A CRITICAL DISSERTATION.
... thousand bards . But age is now " on my tongue , and my foul has failed . I hear , fome- † Offian himself is poetically called the Voice of Cona . " times , the ghofts of bards , and learn 134 A CRITICAL DISSERTATION.
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