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" The compositions of Ossian are so strongly marked with characters of antiquity, that although there were no external proof to support that antiquity, hardly any reader of judgment and taste could hesitate in referring them to a very remote aera. "
The Claims of Ossian Examined and Appreciated: an Essay on the Scottish and ... - Page 89
by Edward Davies - 1825 - 327 pages
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The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 2

1765 - 520 pages
...no external proof to fupport that antiquity, hardly any reader of judgment and tafte, could hefitate in referring them to a very remote aera. There are four great ftages through which men fuccefiively pafs in the progrefs of fociety. The firft and earlieft is the...
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The Poems of Ossian, Volume 2

Poetry - 1773 - 466 pages
...no external proof to fupport that antiquity, hardly any reader of judgment and tafte, could hefitate in referring them to a very remote aera. There are four great ftages through which men fucceffively pafs in the progrefs of fociety. The firft and earlieft is the...
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The Poems of Ossian, Volume 1

Bards and bardism - 1803 - 352 pages
...more refined ages ? The compositions of Ossian are so strongly marked with characters of antiquity, that although there were no external proof to support...could hesitate in referring them to a very remote oera. There are four great stages through which men successively pass hi the progress of society. The...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1805 - 262 pages
...more refined ages ? The compositions of Ossian are so strongly marked with characters of antiquity, that although there were no external proof to support that antiquity, hardly any reader of inda-ment and taste could hesitate in referrin" them to a very remote era. There are four great stages...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. Blair's critical ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...more refined ages? The compositions of Ossian are so strongly marked with characters of antiquity, that although there were no external proof to support...could hesitate in referring them to a very remote aira. There are four great stages through which men successively pass in the progress of society. The...
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The poems of Ossian, in the orig. Gaelic, with a tr. into Lat. by ..., Volume 3

Ossian - 1807 - 596 pages
...compositions of Ossian," Dr. Blair observes, " are so strongly marked with characters of antiquity, that, although there were no external proof to support...referring them to a very remote aera. There are four stages through which men successively pass in the progress of society. The first and earliest is the...
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The Poems of Ossian

Bards and bardism - 1839 - 426 pages
...antiquity, hardly any reader of judgment and taste, could hesitate in referring them to a (very remote era. There are four great stages through which men succes(sively...of society. The first and earliest is the life of I hunters : pasturage succeeds to this, as the ideas of property begin to take root : next agriculture...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed ...

Ossian - 1845 - 546 pages
...more refined ages ? The compositions of Ossian are so strongly marked with characters of antiquity, that although there were no external proof to support...antiquity, hardly any reader of judgment and taste could hestitate in referring them to a very remote sera. There are four great stages through which men successively...
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The Poems of Ossian

Bards and bardism - 1847 - 400 pages
...antiquity, hardly any reader of judgment and taste could hesitate in referring them to a very remote sra. There are four great stages through which men successively...this, as the ideas of property begin to take root; neit agriculture; and lastly, commerce. Throughout Ossian's poems, we plainly find ourselves In the...
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The Poems of Ossian: To which are Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and ...

1857 - 536 pages
...more refined ages ? The compositions of Ossian are so strongly marked with characters of antiquity, that although there were no external proof to support that antiquity, hardly anj reader of judgment and taste could hesitate in referring them to a very remote sera. There are...
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