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284 ON THE AUTHENTICITY
" quaintance and friend ; and that he now
" possesses, in the original manuscript, much
" of the correspondence which passed be-
" tween Mr IVIacpherson and Captain Mori-
" son, during the progress of the collection
" and translation of Ossians Poems;'' (which,
it is to be hoped, Mr Irvine will, some time
or other, communicate to the public.*) He
adds, " that IVIr Morison assured him, that
" Mr Macpherson understood the Gaelic
" language very imperfectly ; that he (Mr
" Morison) wrote out the Gaelic for him, for
" the most part, on account of Mr Macpher-
" son's inability to write or spell it properly ;
" that Captain Morison assisted him much
" in translating ; and that it was their gene-
* As every thing which fell from Mr Macpherson's
pen, on this subject, is interesting, I shall subjoin a
copy of a letter, which he wrote to his friend Captain
Morison, in 1789, relating to the perfection of Gaelic
literature, obligingly communicated by a Reverend
friend.
" quaintance and friend ; and that he now
" possesses, in the original manuscript, much
" of the correspondence which passed be-
" tween Mr IVIacpherson and Captain Mori-
" son, during the progress of the collection
" and translation of Ossians Poems;'' (which,
it is to be hoped, Mr Irvine will, some time
or other, communicate to the public.*) He
adds, " that IVIr Morison assured him, that
" Mr Macpherson understood the Gaelic
" language very imperfectly ; that he (Mr
" Morison) wrote out the Gaelic for him, for
" the most part, on account of Mr Macpher-
" son's inability to write or spell it properly ;
" that Captain Morison assisted him much
" in translating ; and that it was their gene-
* As every thing which fell from Mr Macpherson's
pen, on this subject, is interesting, I shall subjoin a
copy of a letter, which he wrote to his friend Captain
Morison, in 1789, relating to the perfection of Gaelic
literature, obligingly communicated by a Reverend
friend.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Essay on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian > (312) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/78063441 |
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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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