Note 229 — Chapter III · OSSIAN’S INFLUENCE UPON KLOPSTOCK AND THE SO–CALLED BARDS.
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Cf. Lieder Sineds, p. 4. It was a common circumstance for a German poet at that time to assume that the mantle of some great forerunner had fallen upon his shoulders, teste Nicolai, who wished to be considered Lessing’s successor; Denis hints at his representation of Ossian more than once. [229]