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libus verbis ; quod asperum duriusque, asperis et
durioribus. Inde nam resonant versus, qualiaquae
dicuntur ; atque ita concinit passim Virgilius, ut
unusquisque novit, qui ejus evolvit carmina. Ita
RoII.
Sunt et alia, huc spectantia, quae fusius exj}Ii-
cant, qui talia docent. Verum haec missa facioj
quandoquidem ad metam propero ; satque jam in-
telligitur, quales mihi praecipuas existimavi servan-
das leges, cum in id operam contulissem meam, ut
Ossianes, latinorum septus versuum blanditiis, lege-
retur. Fors autem videbor exlex; fors in vatis
Caledonii mentem, et sublime peccare ingenium ;
tors in Virgilii magnum os numerosque. Hominis
est, vel caventis, errare.
Nam neque chorda sonum reddit, quem vult manus et mens ;
Poscentique gravem persaepe lemittit acutum :
Nec semper feriet, quodcunque minabitur arcus. — HoR. A. P.
Arduum ingressus sum iter: et voluisse mul-
tum est. Si, quod omine non fausto concupivi, non
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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.