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flagitio ; sint quae magis, quae minus niteant ;
una, ceu sol, cunctis fulgeat induta virtutibus;
omnes denique sibi constantes agant, similesque
sui loquantur. lis, quae ipsarum turpantur nota,
alienamur a vitio ; in iis, quae minus habent splen-
doris, nosmet agnoscimus ; atque, ut in speculo,
perspicimus quid a nobis sit amovendum. Cum
in illo autem, qui communia sentit incommoda,
sapienterque perfert, intueamur, tanquam in tabu-
la, egregie depictam justitiam, benevolentiam, at-
que clementiam, viva hac, placidissimaque gaude-
mus imagine ; virtutemque ipsam admiramur, di-
Jigimus, studemus imitari,
Quas praecipuas adduxerat in scenam personas
Homerus, optime distinxit; suas item Ossianes.
Non jam in Phingaleide est eadem personarum fa-
cies ; sed mire variant hae formam; sibique, ortus
ut occasui, e regione opponuntur. Ossianis, ut Ho-
meri, heroes maximi sunt omnes armis vahdi, sed
suo quisque more. Magnus bellator Suaren est ;
at ubique ferox, donec victrici tandem Phingalis

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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.