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14 A JOURNEY TO THE
company of her cat, and is trbublefome to
nobody.
Having now feen whaterv^er this ancient
city offered to our curiofity, we left it with
good wifhes, having reafon to be highly
pleafed with the attention that was paid
us. But whoever furveys the world muft
fee many things that give him pain. The
kindnefs of the profefTors did not contri-
bute to abate the uneafy remembrance of
an univerfity declining, a college alienated,
and a church profaned and haflening to
the ground.
St. Andrews indeed has formerly fuf-
fered more atrocious ravages and more ex-
tenfive deftrudlion, but recent evils affe£l
with greater force. We were reconciled to
the fight of archiepifcopal ruing. The di-
ftance of a calamity from the prefent time
feems to preclude the mind from conta(5t
or
company of her cat, and is trbublefome to
nobody.
Having now feen whaterv^er this ancient
city offered to our curiofity, we left it with
good wifhes, having reafon to be highly
pleafed with the attention that was paid
us. But whoever furveys the world muft
fee many things that give him pain. The
kindnefs of the profefTors did not contri-
bute to abate the uneafy remembrance of
an univerfity declining, a college alienated,
and a church profaned and haflening to
the ground.
St. Andrews indeed has formerly fuf-
fered more atrocious ravages and more ex-
tenfive deftrudlion, but recent evils affe£l
with greater force. We were reconciled to
the fight of archiepifcopal ruing. The di-
ftance of a calamity from the prefent time
feems to preclude the mind from conta(5t
or
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Journey to the western islands of Scotland > (20) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/79915258 |
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| Description | London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1775. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.202 |
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| Description | Selected 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. |
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| Description | Selected 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. |
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