Ossian Collection > Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian
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SPECIMEN
OF THE POEMS COLLECTED BT MR. HILL,
AND OF HIS REMARKS.
'Extract from Mr. HilPs puhlicatÌQti.
1 HE following Song, called Vrnigh Osnan^ or Os.nan '.
Prayers, is the relation of a dispute between Ossian and St.
Patrick, on the evidence and excellence of Christianity. The
•arguments of St. Patrick are by no means those of an able
Polemic : But the objections of Ossian carry with them the
internal marks of antiquity : they are evidently the objcc-
t'ons of a rude Polytheist, totally ignorant of the nature of
tie Christian tenets ; and such' as no later bards in such a
rude country would ever have been able to invent, without
seme original and traditional foundation. Ossian seems to
"have thought, that hell might be as agreeable as heaven, if
there were as many deer and dogs in it. *' Why, (says
^* Ossian) should I be religious, if heaven be not in the
SPECIMEN
OF THE POEMS COLLECTED BT MR. HILL,
AND OF HIS REMARKS.
'Extract from Mr. HilPs puhlicatÌQti.
1 HE following Song, called Vrnigh Osnan^ or Os.nan '.
Prayers, is the relation of a dispute between Ossian and St.
Patrick, on the evidence and excellence of Christianity. The
•arguments of St. Patrick are by no means those of an able
Polemic : But the objections of Ossian carry with them the
internal marks of antiquity : they are evidently the objcc-
t'ons of a rude Polytheist, totally ignorant of the nature of
tie Christian tenets ; and such' as no later bards in such a
rude country would ever have been able to invent, without
seme original and traditional foundation. Ossian seems to
"have thought, that hell might be as agreeable as heaven, if
there were as many deer and dogs in it. *' Why, (says
^* Ossian) should I be religious, if heaven be not in the
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| Description | Includes texts in Gaelic with translations into Latin and English. "Drawn up, according to the directions of the Committee, by Henry Mackenzie". |
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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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