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1» ON THE AUTHENTICITY
SECTION II.
Of the State of Society in the Jges in zshich Fingal
and Ossian are supposed to have Jhnrished. — Es-
timate of the Character and Manners of the Ca-
ledonians, by Dion Cassias, Herodian, Tacitus,
JEIian, &;c. — Druidical Institutions. — Siloice
concerning Religion. — Domestic circumstances.
1 HE Greeks and Romans, in the pride of
superior civilization, bestowed the epithet of
harharous on all other nations. It is no
wonder, then, that the Caledonians, a people
still in the first stages of society, were sub-
jected to that appellation. Yet, before we
proceed, let us endeavour to form a fair es-
timate of what is reported of their character
and manners, by the most respectable au-
thors of Greece and Rome.
SECTION II.
Of the State of Society in the Jges in zshich Fingal
and Ossian are supposed to have Jhnrished. — Es-
timate of the Character and Manners of the Ca-
ledonians, by Dion Cassias, Herodian, Tacitus,
JEIian, &;c. — Druidical Institutions. — Siloice
concerning Religion. — Domestic circumstances.
1 HE Greeks and Romans, in the pride of
superior civilization, bestowed the epithet of
harharous on all other nations. It is no
wonder, then, that the Caledonians, a people
still in the first stages of society, were sub-
jected to that appellation. Yet, before we
proceed, let us endeavour to form a fair es-
timate of what is reported of their character
and manners, by the most respectable au-
thors of Greece and Rome.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Essay on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian > (46) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76589870 |
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| Description | "... in which the objections of Malcolm Laing Esq are particularly considered and refuted". |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.75 |
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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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