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66 ON THE AUTHENTICITY
SECTION III.
Of the Mode in which these Poems have been preser-
ved, and transmitted to us, through so many Jges,
1 HAT such a mass of poetry, as has been
presented to the pubhc by Mr Macpherson,
together with what may be reckoned ancient
and genuine, in Dr Smith's collection, should
have been preserved amongst a rude people,
and transmitted by oral tradition, through a
period of more than fifteen centuries, with any
degree of purity, is, it must be acknowledg-
ed, a phenomenon, of which we have no ex-
ample in the history of literature. It can be
accounted for only, by remarking, that we
have no example, in the history of Europe,
of a people placed in similar circumstances,
SECTION III.
Of the Mode in which these Poems have been preser-
ved, and transmitted to us, through so many Jges,
1 HAT such a mass of poetry, as has been
presented to the pubhc by Mr Macpherson,
together with what may be reckoned ancient
and genuine, in Dr Smith's collection, should
have been preserved amongst a rude people,
and transmitted by oral tradition, through a
period of more than fifteen centuries, with any
degree of purity, is, it must be acknowledg-
ed, a phenomenon, of which we have no ex-
ample in the history of literature. It can be
accounted for only, by remarking, that we
have no example, in the history of Europe,
of a people placed in similar circumstances,
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Essay on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian > (84) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/78060738 |
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| Description | In which the objections of Malcolm Laing, Esq. are particularly considered and refuted. By Patrick Graham ... To which is added an essay on the mythology of Ossian's poems, by Professor Richardson .... |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.229 |
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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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