The poems of Ossian, Band 4R. Sammer, 1801 |
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James Macpherson. another Irish poem in high repute . The grandeur of its images , and its pro- priety of sentiment , might have induced me to give a tranflation of it , had not I fome expectations , which are now over , of feeing it in ...
James Macpherson. another Irish poem in high repute . The grandeur of its images , and its pro- priety of sentiment , might have induced me to give a tranflation of it , had not I fome expectations , which are now over , of feeing it in ...
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... refined fiate . The contrary of this is the truth . Men never have used fo many figures of fiyle , as ia thofe rude ages , when , befides the power of a warm imagination to fuggeft lively images , 104 A critical DISSERTATION.
... refined fiate . The contrary of this is the truth . Men never have used fo many figures of fiyle , as ia thofe rude ages , when , befides the power of a warm imagination to fuggeft lively images , 104 A critical DISSERTATION.
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James Macpherson. power of a warm imagination to fuggeft lively images , the want of proper and precife terms for the ideas they would exprefs , obliged them to have recourfe to circumlocution , metaphor , compa- rifon , and all thofe ...
James Macpherson. power of a warm imagination to fuggeft lively images , the want of proper and precife terms for the ideas they would exprefs , obliged them to have recourfe to circumlocution , metaphor , compa- rifon , and all thofe ...
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... images are not much varied : the noise of arms , the ftreaming of blood , and the fealing the birds of prey , often recurring . He mentions the death of two of his fons in battle ; and the lamentation he describes as made for one of ...
... images are not much varied : the noise of arms , the ftreaming of blood , and the fealing the birds of prey , often recurring . He mentions the death of two of his fons in battle ; and the lamentation he describes as made for one of ...
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... images to appear which betray a later period of fociety . For we meet with windows clapping , the herds of goats and cows feeking shelter , the fhepherd wandering , corn on the plain , and the wakeful hind rebuilding the fhocks of corn ...
... images to appear which betray a later period of fociety . For we meet with windows clapping , the herds of goats and cows feeking shelter , the fhepherd wandering , corn on the plain , and the wakeful hind rebuilding the fhocks of corn ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
almoft alſo ancient antiquity appear bards battle beautiful becauſe Befides blaft Caledonians Cathmor Celtic character chief circumftances cloud compariſons compofition courſe cuftom Cuthullin death defcription deſcribed diftinguiſhed diſcovered Druids epic epic poetry epiſodes fame feem fentiment fhall fian Fillan fimiles Fingal Fion firangers Firbolg firft flain fociety folemn fome fongs foul ftances ftate ftill ftory ftyle fubject fublime fuch fword fyftem Gaul genius ghoft Gladius heroes hiftory higheft himſelf Homer honour ideas Iliad imagination inftance Ireland Iriſh itſelf king laft language manners meaſure mift moft moon muft nations nature numbers objects obſervation occafion Ofcar Offian Oſſian pallion perfons Picts pleaſe pleaſure poet poetical poetry poffeffed praiſe preſent racter raiſe reft reſemblance reſpect rifing Roman ruſh ſame ſay ſcenes Scotland Scots ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſon ſpirit ſuch Swaran Temora tenderneſs themſelves theſe theſe poems thofe thoſe thou tion tradition tranflation uſed Virgil wind
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 270 - And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched, unto the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it, are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Seite 259 - ... bofomed daughter of Sorglan (£)." Malvina fpeaks. " But " thou dwelleft in the foul of Malvina, fon of mighty Offian. " My fighs arife with the beam of the eaft, my tears defcend with " the drops of night. I was a lovely tree in thy prefence, Ofcar, " with all my branches round me; but thy death came like a " blaft from the defert, and laid my green head low : the fpring ** returned with its fhowers, but of me not a leaf fprung.
Seite 119 - the bards, faid his brother Cathmor, they are " the fons of other times. Their voice fhall be " heard in other ages, when the kings of Temora
Seite 178 - A dark red stream of fire comes down from the hill. Crugal sat upon the beam : he that lately fell by the hand of Swaran striving in the battle of heroes. His face is like the beam of the setting moon : his robes are of the clouds of the hill : his eyes are like two decaying flames. Dark is the wound on his breast. The stars dim-twinkled through his form ; and his voice was like the sound of a distant stream.
Seite 227 - But at the fame time , no ftrong imagination dwells long upon any one particular; or heaps together a mafs of trivial ones. By the happy choice of fome one, or of a few that are the moft ftriking , it...
Seite 245 - She came in all her beauty, like the moon from the cloud of the east. Loveliness was around her as light. Her steps were like the music of songs.
Seite 287 - He returned in peace, amidst their joy. No father mourned his son slain in youth ; no brother his brother of love. They fell, without tears, for the chief of the people...
Seite 11 - Chriftianity in the north of Britain can be fixed. — The humane and mild character of Conftantius Chlorus, who commanded then in Britain, induced the perfecuted Chriftians to take refuge under him. Some of them, through a...
Seite 117 - He adds too, that such as were to be initiated among the Druids, were obliged to commit to their memory a great number of...
Seite 140 - His poetry, more perhaps than that of any other writer, deserves to be styled, the poetry of the heart. It is a heart penetrated with noble sentiments, and with sublime and tender passions; a heart that glows, and kindles the fancy; a heart that is full, and pours itself forth.