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292 ON THE AUTIIENTICITV
expressions of this kind, however, of which
I shall now take notice, are tlie characteris-
tic epithets, which occur so often in this
Book, and in all Ossian's Poems, nam bolg
and nan colg. These, indeed, \vith many
other expressions, which, from the peculiar
idiom of the language, it has been found dif-
ficult to translate, Mr Macpherson has, very
conveniently, omitted altogether, or satisfied
himself, according to the practice ascribed
to him by Mr Morison, " with glossing them
" over," by the first easy phrase that occur-
red. The two expressions already mention-
ed, though they occur more than twelve times
in the following poem, have been uniformly
omitted by Mr Macpherson, except in, I
think, two instances.
Colg signifies, literally, " bristles," and is
used in the poem of Diarmid, in Dr Smith's
Seandana, to denote the bristles of the boar.
Connan says :
expressions of this kind, however, of which
I shall now take notice, are tlie characteris-
tic epithets, which occur so often in this
Book, and in all Ossian's Poems, nam bolg
and nan colg. These, indeed, \vith many
other expressions, which, from the peculiar
idiom of the language, it has been found dif-
ficult to translate, Mr Macpherson has, very
conveniently, omitted altogether, or satisfied
himself, according to the practice ascribed
to him by Mr Morison, " with glossing them
" over," by the first easy phrase that occur-
red. The two expressions already mention-
ed, though they occur more than twelve times
in the following poem, have been uniformly
omitted by Mr Macpherson, except in, I
think, two instances.
Colg signifies, literally, " bristles," and is
used in the poem of Diarmid, in Dr Smith's
Seandana, to denote the bristles of the boar.
Connan says :
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Essay on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian > (320) |
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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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