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« or Gothic, is a town or village'. This
is granted him — but we fee no reafon for
borrowing from the Goths, as the Celtic
is fo compleatly fupplied with Bay Bo,
and Bal of their own, as well as of others,
without calling in foreign aid from thefe
countries.
* DAL
* Seems to be equiv^alent to Bal in Scot-
* land, as Dalrymple, — ^fo alfo in Norway
' and Denmark.' But though Mr. P. mif-
leads his EngliOi reader, I defy him to
do fo to a Highlander, who is certain
that Da/ is not once applied to a town»
but always to a beautiful plain field at the
head or end of a promontary, or angle cut
by a river, as Dal can Ross — Dealgin-
rofs in Pertfliire, where a Roman camp
is to be fcen.
' KIN,
* As KinhU'y thefe are not fimilar to names
* in Wales or Ireland, and will of them-
' felves turn this point quite the other way.
* For there are 30 of them in England, and
* only Khifak in all Ireland, as may be i^tvk
* in
« or Gothic, is a town or village'. This
is granted him — but we fee no reafon for
borrowing from the Goths, as the Celtic
is fo compleatly fupplied with Bay Bo,
and Bal of their own, as well as of others,
without calling in foreign aid from thefe
countries.
* DAL
* Seems to be equiv^alent to Bal in Scot-
* land, as Dalrymple, — ^fo alfo in Norway
' and Denmark.' But though Mr. P. mif-
leads his EngliOi reader, I defy him to
do fo to a Highlander, who is certain
that Da/ is not once applied to a town»
but always to a beautiful plain field at the
head or end of a promontary, or angle cut
by a river, as Dal can Ross — Dealgin-
rofs in Pertfliire, where a Roman camp
is to be fcen.
' KIN,
* As KinhU'y thefe are not fimilar to names
* in Wales or Ireland, and will of them-
' felves turn this point quite the other way.
* For there are 30 of them in England, and
* only Khifak in all Ireland, as may be i^tvk
* in
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| Description | With a new and satisfactory account of the Picts, Scots, Fingal, Ossian, and his poems: as also, of the Macs, clans, Bodotria. And several other particulars respecting the high antiquities of Scotland. By the Rev. John Lanne Buchanan. A reply to ’An enquiry into the history of Scotland’ by John Pinkerton. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.216 |
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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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