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218 ON THE AUTHENTICITY
wrote to him, and pointed out to him a pas-
sage in one of Dr Smith's letters to Mr Mac-
kenzie, which is as follows : — " I have to
" mention," says Dr Smith, " that, on my
" observing the beauty of one or two pas-
" sages of these poems, the person who gave
" it me (Mr Kennedy) said, these were of his
" own composition. This assertion I then placed
" to the account of his vanity ; but I think
" it right to state it to you as I had it, and
" leave you to think of it as you please."*
I then proceeded to state, to Mr Kennedy,
" how much it concerned his honour to
" take notice of this charge ; at the same
" time, strongly expressing my suspicions,
" that it was, in some measure, well found-
" ed; that I did not consider it as impro-
" bable, that he, versed from his earliest
" years in the traditional poetry of his coun-
" try, and smitten with the love of ancient
* Report of the Committee, App. p. 89.
wrote to him, and pointed out to him a pas-
sage in one of Dr Smith's letters to Mr Mac-
kenzie, which is as follows : — " I have to
" mention," says Dr Smith, " that, on my
" observing the beauty of one or two pas-
" sages of these poems, the person who gave
" it me (Mr Kennedy) said, these were of his
" own composition. This assertion I then placed
" to the account of his vanity ; but I think
" it right to state it to you as I had it, and
" leave you to think of it as you please."*
I then proceeded to state, to Mr Kennedy,
" how much it concerned his honour to
" take notice of this charge ; at the same
" time, strongly expressing my suspicions,
" that it was, in some measure, well found-
" ed; that I did not consider it as impro-
" bable, that he, versed from his earliest
" years in the traditional poetry of his coun-
" try, and smitten with the love of ancient
* Report of the Committee, App. p. 89.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Essay on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian > (240) |
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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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