 Homer's sublimity is accompanied with more impetuosity and fire; Ossian's with more of a solemn and awful grandeur. Homer hurries you along; Ossian elevates, and fixes you in astonishment.  The History of Civilization - Page 312by Amos Dean - 1869Full view - About this book
 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 352 pages
...species of their sublimity. Homer's sublimity is accompanied with more impetuosity and fire; Ossian's with more of a solemn and awful grandeur. Homer hurries...description and sentiment. In the pathetic, Homer, when he chuses to exert it, has great power; but Ossian exerts that power much oftener, and has the character... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 350 pages
...species of their sublimity. Homer's sublimity is accompanied with more impetuosity and fire ; Ossian's with more of a solemn and awful grandeur. Homer hurries...and battles; Ossian, in description and sentiment; la the pathetic, Homer, when he chuses to exert it, has great power ; but Ossian exerts that power... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 262 pages
...species of their sublimity. Homer's sublimity is accompanied with more impetuosity and fire ; Ossian's with more of a solemn and awful grandeur. Homer hurries...description and sentiment. In the pathetic, Homer, when he chuses to exert it, has great power ; but Ossian exerts {hat power much oftener, and has the character... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...species of their sublilimity. Homer's sublimity is accompanied with more impetuosity and fire ; Ossian's with more of a solemn and awful grandeur. Homer hurries...and battles ; Ossian, in description and sentiment. Jn the pathetic, Homer, when he chuses to exert it, has great power ; but Ossian exerts that power... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1810 - 364 pages
...Ossian's with more of a solemu and awful grandeur. Homer hurries you along; Ossian elevates, and £xes yon in astonishment. Homer is most sublime in actions...power; but Ossian exerts that power much oftener, and lias the character of tenderness far more deeply imprinted on his works. No poet knew better how to... | |
 | Hugh Campbell - 1822 - 624 pages
...species of their sublimity. Hosier's sublimity , is accompanied with more impetuosity and fire ; Ossiau's with more of. a solemn and awful grandeur. Homer hurries you along; Ossian eievates, and . fixes .you in astonishment. Homer is most sublime in. actions and battles; Ossian in... | |
 | Ossian - 1834 - 218 pages
...species of their sublimity. Homer's sublimity is accompanied with more impetuosity and tin-; Ossian's with more of a solemn and awful grandeur. Homer hurries...power; but Ossian exerts that power much oftener, and bas the character of tenderness far more deeply imprinted on his works. No poet knew better how to... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1839 - 426 pages
...species of their sublimity. Homer's sublimity is accompanied with more impetuosity and fire ; Ossian's with more of a solemn and awful grandeur. Homer hurries...the pathetic, Homer, when he chooses to exert it, haa great power, but Ossian exerts that power much oftener, and has the character of tenderness far... | |
 | Ossian - 1845 - 546 pages
...impetuosity and fire ; Ossian's with more of a solemn and awful grandeur. Homer hurries you alon6 ; Ossian elevates, and fixes you in astonishment. Homer is most sublime in actions and hattles; Ossian in description and sentiment. In the pathetic, Homer, when he chooses to exert it,... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1850 - 548 pages
...sublimity. Homer's sublimity is accompanied with more impetuosity and fire ; Ossian's with more of n solemn and awful grandeur. Homer hurries you along...astonishment. Homer is most sublime in actions and buttles ; Ossian in description and sentiment. In the pathetic, Homer, when he chooses to exert it,... | |
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