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Page 175
... Ossian an Israelite in whom dwelt no guile.21 What Walpole called the " flimsy giantry of Ossian " 22 made its way everywhere . The exact dependence of Blake upon Ossian is difficult to determine because Chatterton was an intermediary ...
... Ossian an Israelite in whom dwelt no guile.21 What Walpole called the " flimsy giantry of Ossian " 22 made its way everywhere . The exact dependence of Blake upon Ossian is difficult to determine because Chatterton was an intermediary ...
Page 184
... Ossian probably gave Blake the figure of speech . For example from Sul - malla comes this passage : " Amidst the ... Ossian's hall , the fifth book begins : " Thou dweller between the shields that hang on high in Ossian's halls , descend ...
... Ossian probably gave Blake the figure of speech . For example from Sul - malla comes this passage : " Amidst the ... Ossian's hall , the fifth book begins : " Thou dweller between the shields that hang on high in Ossian's halls , descend ...
Page 189
... Ossian served to sustain the lyrical and the poetic in Blake . Blake's rhythm and cadence are nearer those of Chatterton than those of Ossian ; his sentence struc- ture is nearer Chatterton's . The form of his similes and their brevity ...
... Ossian served to sustain the lyrical and the poetic in Blake . Blake's rhythm and cadence are nearer those of Chatterton than those of Ossian ; his sentence struc- ture is nearer Chatterton's . The form of his similes and their brevity ...
Contents
THE YOUTHFUL BLAKE I | 1 |
THE PRODUCTION OF UNTUTORED YOUTH | 29 |
THE INFLUENCE OF MILTON AND The Bible | 58 |
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