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Inde accedit ejus eloquio plurima lux ; quo pau-
cioribus enim nitidis exponatur aliquid verbis, eo
facilius a nobis arripitur. Lucidius quoque loqui-
tur Ossianes, vel quia non ea, quae pluribus rebus
communia sunt, exequitur. Haec quidem medi-
tantur philosophi ; non curant praestantiores poe-
tae. Namque est poesis quaedam pictura ; quae
porro sunt pluribus rebus communia, propriis ne-
queunt depingi coloribus, quoniam tahbus omnino
destituuntur. In iis itaque, quae singula sunt,
suisque circumstant distincta signis, Ossianes pene
semper versatur. Si mons dicendus, montem me-
morat Cromlam; si fluvius, Lubara; si sylva,
sylvam Gormaleam.
Simplicibus utitur Ossianes verbis, aptisque epi-
thetis ; tropis ac ahis longioribus abundat simihtu-
dinibus. Sic, qui terrae describendae dant operam,
non in vocabuHs toti sunt : conficiunt etiam tabu-
las, queis ante oculos positum unumquodque vide-
mus regnum, majores montes, maria, insulas, lacus,
flumina, vias, Hinc summa cum animi volupta-

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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.