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quibus arma virumque suum prosequitur Virgilius.
Sunt etenim brevissimi ; prinms tertiusque ob
quandam vocalium litterarum, quibus immoratur
vox, similitudinem consonant sub finem ; quisque
completum plerumque prae se fert sensum, facilique
cursu delabitur. Quin Gaelica linqua multo est
Latina expeditior. Nil dactylos curat, autspon-
deos, aliosve, quos noverim, pedes. Dissolvendus
itaque milii erat versus Ossianis, novusque conden-
dus, qui tamen exemplaris innata progrederetur in-
dole. In id ergo incubui, ut, priore Ossianis velu-
ti pessundato corpore, in illo, quod ipse denuo cre-
avi, eadem omnino esset materies, pulcherque ordo ;
idem ubique robur, atque majestas ; eadem lacryma^
bilis facies, eademque per omnes infusa mens artus ;
ut idem denique Ossianes, Romanorum donatus ci-
vitate, ipsorumque apprime edoctus linguam, sua
carmina Virgilii in morem modularetur,
Immenso prorsus labore, novoque ingenii acumi-
ne fingendi sunt Latini versus : agendumque ve-
luti, si ex durioribus undique conquisitis lapillis.

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Phingalēis, sive Hibernia liberata
Description"Epicum Ossianis poema e Celtico sermone ... ab Alexandro Macdonald". Scottish Gaelic poetry translated into Latin.
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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected 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.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.