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DISSERTATION
CONCERNING TJ^E
ANTIQIJITY, ^c, of the POEMS of
OSSIAN the Son of FINGAL.
Tf NQJJ I R IE S into the antiquities of nations
X afford more pleafure than any real advantage
to mankind. The ingenious may form fyftems of
hiftory on probabilities and a few fads ; but at a
great diftance of time, their accounts mufl be
vague and uncertain. The infancy of llates and
kingdoms is as deditute of great events, as of the
means of tranfmitting them to pofterity. The
arts of poHflied Ufe, by which alone fa6ls can be
preferved with certainty, are the produ<5tion of a
CONCERNING TJ^E
ANTIQIJITY, ^c, of the POEMS of
OSSIAN the Son of FINGAL.
Tf NQJJ I R IE S into the antiquities of nations
X afford more pleafure than any real advantage
to mankind. The ingenious may form fyftems of
hiftory on probabilities and a few fads ; but at a
great diftance of time, their accounts mufl be
vague and uncertain. The infancy of llates and
kingdoms is as deditute of great events, as of the
means of tranfmitting them to pofterity. The
arts of poHflied Ufe, by which alone fa6ls can be
preferved with certainty, are the produ<5tion of a
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Fingal, an ancient epic poem > (19) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/77447474 |
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| Description | "In six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic language, by James Macpherson." |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.9 |
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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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