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DEDICATION. V
which you have been pleased to patronize, is
faultless, the Author is not vain enough to suppose ;
nor would he willingly compromise candour so
much as to allow that it is altogether devoid of merit.
" Whatever makes the past, the distant, or the
future, predominate over the present, advances us
in the dignity of thinking beings ;" and what can be
more conducive to this end than the study of man
— the study of antiquity — the contemplation of
fallen greatness !
The merits and demerits, however, no one re-
quires to point out to you, whose classical acumen
at Oxford gained the plaudits of a Byron, and
whose penetration can see almost intuitively the
true bearing, present and future, of a measure of
state upon which haply hangs the destinies of mon-
archs. To be judged of by such a Patron, is the
Author's anchor of hope.
That your life may be long spared to cheer the
domestic circle, to protect your country's liberties.
which you have been pleased to patronize, is
faultless, the Author is not vain enough to suppose ;
nor would he willingly compromise candour so
much as to allow that it is altogether devoid of merit.
" Whatever makes the past, the distant, or the
future, predominate over the present, advances us
in the dignity of thinking beings ;" and what can be
more conducive to this end than the study of man
— the study of antiquity — the contemplation of
fallen greatness !
The merits and demerits, however, no one re-
quires to point out to you, whose classical acumen
at Oxford gained the plaudits of a Byron, and
whose penetration can see almost intuitively the
true bearing, present and future, of a measure of
state upon which haply hangs the destinies of mon-
archs. To be judged of by such a Patron, is the
Author's anchor of hope.
That your life may be long spared to cheer the
domestic circle, to protect your country's liberties.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > History of the Celtic language > (11) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76178730 |
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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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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