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

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— Driiidical Institutions. — Silence con-
cerning Ueligion. — Domestic Circum-
stances, 16
SECTION Til.
Of the Mode in which these Poems have
been preserved, and transmitted to us
througli so many Ages, 56
Part I.
The Political Situation of Caledonia, duringthe
last Fifteen Centuries — The Dominion
and Influence of the Celts. — The sup-
posed Invasion ot Riada. — The Bardic
Order. — Transmission of the Poetry of
Homer. — Recitations of ancient Gaelic
Poetry, by Persons still, or very lately,
alive, 58
Part II.
The unaltered State of the Language in which
these Poems have been composed. — The
peculiar Character, and idiomatic Form,
of the Gaelic, 97