| Hugh Blair - 1763 - 94 sivua
...mift of Lano, that brings " death to the people. His fword is a green meteor, half-extin" guifhed. His face is without form, and dark. He Sighed thrice...the night roared " around. Many were his words to Ofcar He flowly va" nifhed, like a mift that melts on the funny hill *." To appearances of this kind,... | |
| 1773 - 466 sivua
...His fword '* is a green meteor, half-extinguifhed. His " face is without form, and dark. He fighed " thrice over the hero: And thrice, the winds " of the night roared around. Many were his " words to Ofcar He flowly vanished, like " a mift that melts on the funny hill." To appearances of this kind,... | |
| 1779 - 250 sivua
...the people. His fword is a meteor half-extinguished. His face is without form, and dark. He fighed thrice over the hero : and .thrice the winds of the night roared around. Many were his words to Ofcar : but they only came by halves to our ears : they were dark as the tales of other times , before... | |
| 1783 - 282 sivua
...His fword is a green »» meteor, half-extinguished. His face is without » form, and dark. He fighed thrice over the hero: » And thrice , the winds of the night roared ar» ound. Many were his words toOfcar—Heflowly » vanished , like a mift that melts on the funny... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1784 - 628 sivua
...dark,'' favs Offian, defcribing a ghoft, " the ftars dim twinkled through his form ; thrice he fighed over the hero; and thrice the winds of the night roared around." the Lecture on defcriptivc poetry : ' It is to be obferved, ' It deferves attention too, that in defcribing... | |
| 1785 - 456 sivua
...fword " is a green meteor, half-extinguiflied. His « c face is without form, and dark. He fighed " thrice over the hero: And thrice, the winds " of the night roared around. Many were his " words to Ofcar He (lowly vanifhed, like «* a mift that melts on the funny hill." To appearances of this kind,... | |
| 1790 - 344 sivua
...fword is a green .*' meteor, half-extinguifhed. His face is with« ( out form, and dark. He fighed thrice over " the hero: And thrice, the winds of the night *» roared around. Many were his words to Of" car ^He flowly vaniflied, like a mift that -" melts on the fvmny hill." To appearances of this... | |
| Ossian - 1801 - 364 sivua
..."teor, half extinguifhed. His face is "without form, and dark. He flghed "thrice over the hero: Add thrice, the "winds of the night roared around. "Many were his words to Clear "He flowly vanifhed, like a mift that "melts on the furiny hill." To appearances of this kind,... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1802 - 414 sivua
...dark," fays Offian, defcribing a ghoft, " the ftars dim twinkled through his form; " thrice he fighed over the hero ; and thrice the winds of the " night roared around." It deferves attention too, that in defcribing inanimate natural objefts, the poet, in order to enliven... | |
| 1803 - 352 sivua
...mist of Lano, that brings '' death to die people. His sword is a green meteor, " half-extinguished* His face is without form, and " dark. He sighed thrice...vanished, like a " mist that melts on the sunny hill." To appearances of this kind, we can find no parallel among the Greek or Roman poets. They bring to... | |
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