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from Ireland : a fidion in itfelf improbable, how-
ever venerable on account of its antiquity.
It were much to be wifhed, a writer of his abi-
lilies, both for elegance of didlion and ftrength
of judgment, had not been an abfolute ftranger
to the original language of his country ; which
would at leaft have prevented him from giving
his authority to fo idle a romance. The difcuf-
fidn of this popular error, which I am to give
in the fequel of thefe diifertations, will juftify
thefe flridtures on fo eminent a hillorian as Dr,
Robertfon.
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