Ossian Collection > Essay on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian

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— Druidical Institutions. — Silence con-
cerning Religion. — Domestic Circum-
stances, 16
SECTION TIL
Of the Mode in whieli these Poems have
been preserved, and transmitted to us
through so many Ages, 56
Part I.
The Poll tical Situation of Caledonia, during the
last Fifteen Centuries — The Dominion
and Influence of the Celts. — The sup-
posed Invas-'ion of Riada. — The Bardic
Order. — Transmission of the Poetry of
Homer. — Recitations of ancient Gaelic
Poetry, by Persons still, or very lately,
alive, 58
Part II.
The unaltered Slate of the Language in which
these Poems have been composed. — The
pecuhar Character, and idiomatic Form^
of the Gaelic, 97