The Writer's Handbook, a Guide to the Art of Composition, Embracing a General Treatise on Composition and Style: Instruction in English Composition, with Exercises for Paraphrasing; and an Elaborate Letter-writer's Vademecum, in which are Numerous Rules and Suggestions Relating to the Epistolary Art, Volumes 1-3 |
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... Ossian ; but the authenticity of Ossian's poems , properly denotes the authority of those poems in an historical point of view . Several works have however appeared under the title of dissertations on the authenticity of Ossian's ...
... Ossian ; but the authenticity of Ossian's poems , properly denotes the authority of those poems in an historical point of view . Several works have however appeared under the title of dissertations on the authenticity of Ossian's ...
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... Ossian sung , the striking contrast of the situation and manners of the contending nations might amuse a philosophic mind . The parallel would be little to the advantage of the more civilized people , if we compared the unrelenting ...
... Ossian sung , the striking contrast of the situation and manners of the contending nations might amuse a philosophic mind . The parallel would be little to the advantage of the more civilized people , if we compared the unrelenting ...
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... Ossian . We naturally communicate our joy in the same manner . As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope , and now are past Mozambic , off at sea north - east winds blow Sabean odour from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest ; with ...
... Ossian . We naturally communicate our joy in the same manner . As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope , and now are past Mozambic , off at sea north - east winds blow Sabean odour from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest ; with ...
Page 129
... Ossian . Never , O little flock ! from which I was torn by the cruel fate of war , never shall I be unmindful of the sacred ties that united us , of the uninterrupted harmony which we enjoyed , and of those fruits of the Spirit ...
... Ossian . Never , O little flock ! from which I was torn by the cruel fate of war , never shall I be unmindful of the sacred ties that united us , of the uninterrupted harmony which we enjoyed , and of those fruits of the Spirit ...
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... Ossian . Often , like the evening sun , comes the memory of former times on my soul . Ossian . When a nation emerging from barbarism begins to cultivate the fine arts , figurative language is often , by the love of novelty , carried ...
... Ossian . Often , like the evening sun , comes the memory of former times on my soul . Ossian . When a nation emerging from barbarism begins to cultivate the fine arts , figurative language is often , by the love of novelty , carried ...
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