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xlvi INTRODUCTION
charm and character as a writer may best be
seen, it may well be in moments of meditation,
like those in which, standing by one of those
communal burial-grounds which exhibit, in its
most moving light, the proverbial "clannish-
ness " of the Scot, he regrets the rapid passing
away of a state of society to which "these
quiet mansions of the dead " belong.
C. H. HERFORD.
charm and character as a writer may best be
seen, it may well be in moments of meditation,
like those in which, standing by one of those
communal burial-grounds which exhibit, in its
most moving light, the proverbial "clannish-
ness " of the Scot, he regrets the rapid passing
away of a state of society to which "these
quiet mansions of the dead " belong.
C. H. HERFORD.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Journal of a tour in Scotland in > (52) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/79894526 |
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| Description | By Robert Southey ; with an introduction and notes by C.H. Herford. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.315 |
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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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