Beauties and Achievements of the BlindDescribes some of the great accomplishments of individuals who were blind. |
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... lived was un- worthy of so great a genius ; and that he lived and died in the most abject poverty . It is not the design of the present writers to hazard any conjectures of their own respecting the age in which he lived , or which of ...
... lived was un- worthy of so great a genius ; and that he lived and died in the most abject poverty . It is not the design of the present writers to hazard any conjectures of their own respecting the age in which he lived , or which of ...
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... lived in a period when hu- manity was disgraced at Rome , and heathen dark- ness , like the dusky curtains of night , spread over the earth . The following advice of Fingal to his grandson , Oscar , ( son of Ossian , ) concerning his ...
... lived in a period when hu- manity was disgraced at Rome , and heathen dark- ness , like the dusky curtains of night , spread over the earth . The following advice of Fingal to his grandson , Oscar , ( son of Ossian , ) concerning his ...
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... lived ; such Trathal was ; and such has Fin- gal been . " While the fire of youth inspired the heroic heart of Fingal , his military aid was solicited by Cormac , king of Ireland , to quell the insurrection and usurpa- tion of Colculla ...
... lived ; such Trathal was ; and such has Fin- gal been . " While the fire of youth inspired the heroic heart of Fingal , his military aid was solicited by Cormac , king of Ireland , to quell the insurrection and usurpa- tion of Colculla ...
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... lived was worthy of so great a genius , we need only mention that on the completion of this great work , the poet could sell the copy for no more than fifteen pounds , the payment of which depended upon the sale of three large editions ...
... lived was worthy of so great a genius , we need only mention that on the completion of this great work , the poet could sell the copy for no more than fifteen pounds , the payment of which depended upon the sale of three large editions ...
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... lived , it is said , more merrily than wisely . An interesting anecdote is related of our blind poet and musician , in which it appears he was able to re- cognise a very dear friend , who had long been ab- sent , by the shape of her ...
... lived , it is said , more merrily than wisely . An interesting anecdote is related of our blind poet and musician , in which it appears he was able to re- cognise a very dear friend , who had long been ab- sent , by the shape of her ...
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Page 44 - Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Her face was...
Page 48 - The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean without bound, Without dimension; where length, breadth, and highth, And time and place are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Page 37 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 40 - When the world is dark with tempests; when thunder rolls and lightning flies; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest in vain; for he beholds thy beams no more; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, or thou tremblest at the gates of the west. But thou art, perhaps, like me, for a season, thy years will have an end. Thou shall sleep in thy clouds, careless of the voice of the morning.
Page 38 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 50 - On my bended knee I recognise Thy purpose, clearly shown : My vision Thou hast dimmed that I may see Thyself — Thyself alone. " I have nought to fear ; This darkness is the shadow of Thy wing; Beneath it I am almost sacred, here Can come no evil thing.
Page 48 - Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray, By which he reigns : next him, high arbiter, Chance governs all. Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave...
Page 40 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, O sun ! thy everlasting light ! Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave ; but thou thyself movest aloive. Who can be a companion of thy course...