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POEMS OF OSSIAN. 37
public efteem and attention. In 1760 or 1761 he
made his Highland tour. It was in the former that
I fet up houfe and married, and it was to my houfc
that Mr Macpherfon came, on his return to Bade-
noch. This, and fome other circumftances, being
well remembered by Mrs Gallie, as it may ferve
your caufe, fhe propofes to add a poflfcript to this
letter.
Dear Sir, what I now fend you, as my health is
far from being confirmed, is a great exertion. I
hope you, and the moll: refpe£lable Society of which
you are a member, will make the proper allowances
for the difadvantages under which I write. If this
efTort merits your and their approbation, I fhall be
happy to be told fo. Could I contribute to the fuc-
cefs of the Highland Society, but even in one line,
I would be proud of it. Believe me to be, with
great efteem and regard, dear Sir, your mod faith-
ful humble fervant,
Andrew Gallit.
Charles M'Intosh, Esq.
W. <S. Edinburgh.
Sir,
I hope my intention in writing you will apo-
logize for the freedom I ufe. Not any one thing ìk
more in my remembrance, than feeing with ]\Ir
Macpherfon, when he returned from his tour, the
Gaelic manufcripts, as defcribcd by my hufband.
I remember Mr Macpherfon mofl bufy at the tranf-
C 3 lation.
public efteem and attention. In 1760 or 1761 he
made his Highland tour. It was in the former that
I fet up houfe and married, and it was to my houfc
that Mr Macpherfon came, on his return to Bade-
noch. This, and fome other circumftances, being
well remembered by Mrs Gallie, as it may ferve
your caufe, fhe propofes to add a poflfcript to this
letter.
Dear Sir, what I now fend you, as my health is
far from being confirmed, is a great exertion. I
hope you, and the moll: refpe£lable Society of which
you are a member, will make the proper allowances
for the difadvantages under which I write. If this
efTort merits your and their approbation, I fhall be
happy to be told fo. Could I contribute to the fuc-
cefs of the Highland Society, but even in one line,
I would be proud of it. Believe me to be, with
great efteem and regard, dear Sir, your mod faith-
ful humble fervant,
Andrew Gallit.
Charles M'Intosh, Esq.
W. <S. Edinburgh.
Sir,
I hope my intention in writing you will apo-
logize for the freedom I ufe. Not any one thing ìk
more in my remembrance, than feeing with ]\Ir
Macpherfon, when he returned from his tour, the
Gaelic manufcripts, as defcribcd by my hufband.
I remember Mr Macpherfon mofl bufy at the tranf-
C 3 lation.
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| Description | Drawn up, according to the directions of the Committee, by Henry Mackenzie ... ; with a copious appendix, containing some of the principal documents on which the report is founded. |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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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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