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T E M O R A:
AN
EPIC POEM.
BOOK FIFTH,
1
fnlelds, tliat
hang on high in Offian's hall! de-
fcend from thy place, o harp, and let me hear
thy
*) Thefe abrupt addrelTes give gfeat life to th®
poetry of Oflian. They are all in a lyric meafu-
re. The old men , who retain , on memory ,
the compolitions of OHian , fhew much fatisia-
ftion , when they come to thofe parts of them ,
uhich are in rhime, and take great pains to ex-
plain their beauties , and inculcate the meaning
of their obfolete phrafes , on the minds of their
hearers. This attachment does not proceed from
the fuperior beauty cf thefe lyric pieces, but

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Volumes 3 and 4
DescriptionVolumes III and IV.
ShelfmarkOss.162
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Works of Ossian, the son of Fingal
DescriptionPrinted for I.G. Fleischer (Frankfurt, 1783). 4 volumes bound in 2.
ShelfmarkOss.161-162
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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.