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poribus morum sociorum specles fuit et consuetudo ;
simillimas in utriusque carminibus ^ιατυττωσ-εΐί inve-
niemus, simillimas cogitationes j easque Graise poe-
si quam AngliciE aptiores. Hoc igitur me in primis
impulit, ut suavissimum pocma nova veste donarem :
quod si licentior in quibusdam exprimendis visus
fuero, dicam me magni saltem atque laudati viri,
Denhami scilicet, respexisse* sententiami et con-
tendisse, qua poteram, diligentia, ut salvas germani
poematis illecebras conservarem.
Miscellanea qusedam ad calcem hujusce operis ac-
cedunt, qu3e e scriniis ejeci, rus urbe, musarum ve-
terum societatem severioribus studiis permutans ;
-sy.ET av νλα,ν,
Κα) τΰοτα,μ,οΐ, ro) γεί-ίε χαλον κα,τα, Θνυ^ξρίοος ΰύωρ.
* " That master's hand, which to the life can Irace
The airs, the lines, the features of ihe face,
May with a free and bolder stroke express
Α varicd posture, or a flatfring dress."
Dmham, to Sir R. Fjnshazu, on hii Tramlatim r/ Poifsr Fidi.
Β 3
simillimas in utriusque carminibus ^ιατυττωσ-εΐί inve-
niemus, simillimas cogitationes j easque Graise poe-
si quam AngliciE aptiores. Hoc igitur me in primis
impulit, ut suavissimum pocma nova veste donarem :
quod si licentior in quibusdam exprimendis visus
fuero, dicam me magni saltem atque laudati viri,
Denhami scilicet, respexisse* sententiami et con-
tendisse, qua poteram, diligentia, ut salvas germani
poematis illecebras conservarem.
Miscellanea qusedam ad calcem hujusce operis ac-
cedunt, qu3e e scriniis ejeci, rus urbe, musarum ve-
terum societatem severioribus studiis permutans ;
-sy.ET av νλα,ν,
Κα) τΰοτα,μ,οΐ, ro) γεί-ίε χαλον κα,τα, Θνυ^ξρίοος ΰύωρ.
* " That master's hand, which to the life can Irace
The airs, the lines, the features of ihe face,
May with a free and bolder stroke express
Α varicd posture, or a flatfring dress."
Dmham, to Sir R. Fjnshazu, on hii Tramlatim r/ Poifsr Fidi.
Β 3
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Ossiani darthula graece reddita > (5) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/77733820 |
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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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