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blandum enixa est Virgilium, spem alteram. Quid-
ni ergo genuerit Ossianem vetus Caledonia, qui
suis praestaret carminibus, ut, quorum victricia re-
pulimus tela, nec ipsis admodum ingenii splendore
cedere videremur ?
Respublicae, regumque ditiones maribus, flumini-
bus ac montibus definitae sunt, veluti quibusdam
metis ; posuitque Deus florentissimis quoque regnis
statuta rerum tempora. Non his tamen limitibus
terminantur virtutes ac vitia. Nobiscum enim
puUulant, ubicunque sumus ; humanumque genus
in aevum sequuntur. Poetarum autem est, quos
laudant, magnifice laudare ; omniumque est ab iis se
avertere, quae minus in amicis fulgent. Si quid
domi mihtiaeve niteat, atque in unum belle confe-
ratur ; et ab eo, cui tribuitur, omne recidatur mi-
nus habens decoris, en ! mores, quos describit Os-
sianes ; en ilhus Phingal, quem praestantissimo si-
milem numini depinxit! Quidni venerandus se-
nex, strenuus bellator, natus poeta, Bardorum
imbutus institutionibus, memorans, quae cognati.

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Phingalēis, sive Hibernia liberata
Description"Epicum Ossianis poema e Celtico sermone ... ab Alexandro Macdonald". Scottish Gaelic poetry translated into Latin.
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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.