The poems of Ossian, Band 4R. Sammer, 1801 |
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... whole island . Some adventurers pass- ing over from thofe parts of Britain that are within fight of Ireland , were the founders of the Irish nation : which is a more probable story than the idle fables of Milefian and Gallician colonies ...
... whole island . Some adventurers pass- ing over from thofe parts of Britain that are within fight of Ireland , were the founders of the Irish nation : which is a more probable story than the idle fables of Milefian and Gallician colonies ...
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... whole order , to lay down his office . Upon his refufal , a civil war commenced , which foon ended in almoft the total extinction of the reli- gious order of the Druids . A few that remained , retired to the dark recesses of their ...
... whole order , to lay down his office . Upon his refufal , a civil war commenced , which foon ended in almoft the total extinction of the reli- gious order of the Druids . A few that remained , retired to the dark recesses of their ...
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... whole clan on folemn oc- cafions , and always alluded to in the new compofitions of the bards . This cu- ftom came down to near our own times , and after the bards were discontinued , C a great number in a clan retained by memory , or ...
... whole clan on folemn oc- cafions , and always alluded to in the new compofitions of the bards . This cu- ftom came down to near our own times , and after the bards were discontinued , C a great number in a clan retained by memory , or ...
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... whole mino- rity the invafion of Swaran happened , which is the subject of the poem of Fingal . The family of Atha , who had not relinquished their pretenfions to the Irish throne , rebelled in the minority of Cormac , defeated his ...
... whole mino- rity the invafion of Swaran happened , which is the subject of the poem of Fingal . The family of Atha , who had not relinquished their pretenfions to the Irish throne , rebelled in the minority of Cormac , defeated his ...
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... whole nation , as the chief of their blood . Their small number , as well as the presence of their prince , prevented those divifions , which , after- wards , fprung forth into fo many fepa- rate tribes . When the seat of government was ...
... whole nation , as the chief of their blood . Their small number , as well as the presence of their prince , prevented those divifions , which , after- wards , fprung forth into fo many fepa- rate tribes . When the seat of government was ...
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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.