The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal,J.Fr. Valade., 1779 |
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... must be vague and uncer- tain . The infancy of ftates and king- doms is as deftitute of great events , as of the means of tranfmitting them to pofterity . The arts of polished life , by which alone facts can be pre- ferved with ...
... must be vague and uncer- tain . The infancy of ftates and king- doms is as deftitute of great events , as of the means of tranfmitting them to pofterity . The arts of polished life , by which alone facts can be pre- ferved with ...
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... must be allowed , that there are no traces of religion in the poems afcribed to Offian ; as the tical compofitions of other nations are fo clofely connected with their mythology . It is hard to account for it to thofe who are not made ...
... must be allowed , that there are no traces of religion in the poems afcribed to Offian ; as the tical compofitions of other nations are fo clofely connected with their mythology . It is hard to account for it to thofe who are not made ...
Стр. xxv
... must then have been committed at leaft three ages ago , as the paffages in which the allufions are made , are alluded to often in the compofitions of thofe times . Every one knows what a cloud of ignorance and barbarism overspread the ...
... must then have been committed at leaft three ages ago , as the paffages in which the allufions are made , are alluded to often in the compofitions of thofe times . Every one knows what a cloud of ignorance and barbarism overspread the ...
Стр. xxvii
... thefe ages produce them , it is impoffible but they must be loft , or altogether corrupted in a long fucceffion of barbarous genera tions . by These objections naturally fuggeft themselves to men unacquainted with the A DISSERTATION .
... thefe ages produce them , it is impoffible but they must be loft , or altogether corrupted in a long fucceffion of barbarous genera tions . by These objections naturally fuggeft themselves to men unacquainted with the A DISSERTATION .
Стр. xxxvi
... must necessarily fall short of the majefty of an original . It is therefore highly probable , that the compofitions of Offian would have still remained in the obfcurity of a loft language , had not a gentle- man , who has himself made a ...
... must necessarily fall short of the majefty of an original . It is therefore highly probable , that the compofitions of Offian would have still remained in the obfcurity of a loft language , had not a gentle- man , who has himself made a ...
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againſt Agandecca ancient Ardven arms bards battle beam behold blaft breaft Cairbar Calmar Carril Carun cave chace chief clouds Comala Cona Connal Cromla Cuchullin Culdees dark dark-brown daugh daughter death deer defart diftant Druids Duchomar echoing Erin Erragon eyes faid fame fathers feaft feaſt feen fell fide figh fight filent Fillan Fingal firſt flain fled fnow fome fon of Semo fong foul fpear friends fteel ftill ftones ftood ftorm ftrangers ftream ftrength ftrong fun-beam fword Gaul ghoft Gormal hall hand harp heard heath heroes Hidallan hill king of Morven Lamderg Lena Lochlin maid meteor midſt mift mighty moffy Morna mournful muſt night noiſe Ofcar Offian paffed poem raife raiſe reft renowned rife roaring rock rolling Ryno shells shield ſon Sora ſteel Swaran tears thee theſe thine thoſe thou thouſand tomb Torman Trenmor Ullin voice waves wind youth
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Стр. 63 - Cuchullin, and lovely are the tales of other times. They are like the calm dew of the morning on the hill of roes, when the sun is faint on its side, and the lake is settled and blue in the vale.
Стр. 15 - Lovely daughter of Cormac, I love thee as my soul ! I have slain one stately deer for thee. High was his branchy head, and fleet his feet of wind.
Стр. 23 - The field echoes from wing to wing, as a hundred hammers that rise, by turns, on the red son of the furnace.
Стр. 58 - He saw, at length, her heaving heart, beating around the arrow he threw. " O Conloch's daughter, is it thou ? He sunk upon her breast ! The hunters found the hapless pair ; he afterwards walked . the hill. But many and silent were his steps round the dark dwelling of his love. The fleet of the ocean came. He fought, the strangers fled.
Стр. 46 - Deugala was the spouse of Cairbar, chief of the plains of Ullin. She was covered with the light of beauty, but her heart was the house of pride.
Стр. 21 - As autumn's dark storms pour from two echoing hills, so towards each other approached the heroes. As two dark streams from high rocks meet and mix, and roar on the plain: loud, rough, and dark in battle meet Lochlin and Inisfail. ... As the troubled noise of the ocean when roll the waves on high; as the last peal of the thunder of heaven; such is the noise of the battle.
Стр. 66 - 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. She saw the youth and loved him. He was the stolen sigh of her soul. Her blue eyes rolled on him in secret : and she blest the chief of Morven.
Стр. 17 - My soul shall then be firm in danger, mine arm like the thunder of heaven. But be thou on a moonbeam, O Morna! near the window of my rest, when my thoughts are of peace, when the din of arms is past.
Стр. 163 - His face is without form, and dark. He sighed thrice over the hero : and thrice the winds of the night roared around. Many were his words to Oscar. He slowly vanished, like a mist that melts on the sunny
Стр. 146 - Few be thy steps to thy grave ; and let one virgin mourn thee ! Let her be like Comala, tearful in the days of her youth...