Ossian Collection > Essay on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian

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SECTION IV.
Of particular Terms and Expressions which
occur ill these Poems; and which Mr
Laing argues to have been borrowed
from other Languages. — The Opinion of
Mr Pinkerton, and of the Edinburgh
Reviewers, examinetl, with regard to the
Galhc Invaders of the Italian Territory.
— The copiousness of the Gaelic, in Ex-
pressions, to denote the Appearances of
external Nature, and the Feelings and
Passions of the Human Mind. — Esti-
mate of Mr Laing's alleged Instances of
borrowed Expressions, 107
SECTION V.
]Mr Laing's alleged Imitations of ancient and
modern Authors considered. — Avowed
Imitations; and accidental Coincidences
of Thought and Expression, in Authors,
who could not possioi'y have had any
Communication with each other. — Ca-