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A PRELiMlNARY DISCOURSE. 87
they cculd no longer see, and from the support of
which they shrunk abashed.
But we desist. It is useless to draw conclusions, as
it is vain to reason with certain people who act un-
reasonably, since, if they were, in these particular
cases, capable of reason, they would need no reasoning
with. By some, the poems here published will be
esteemed in proportion as the argument for their an-
tiquity prevails ; but with regard to the general reader,
and the unaffected lovers of " heaven-descended poesy,'*
let the question take either way, still
The harp in Sehna was not idly strung,
And long shall last the themes our poet sung.
Berrathcm,
Feb. 1, 1806.
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they cculd no longer see, and from the support of
which they shrunk abashed.
But we desist. It is useless to draw conclusions, as
it is vain to reason with certain people who act un-
reasonably, since, if they were, in these particular
cases, capable of reason, they would need no reasoning
with. By some, the poems here published will be
esteemed in proportion as the argument for their an-
tiquity prevails ; but with regard to the general reader,
and the unaffected lovers of " heaven-descended poesy,'*
let the question take either way, still
The harp in Sehna was not idly strung,
And long shall last the themes our poet sung.
Berrathcm,
Feb. 1, 1806.
4
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| Description | Translated by James Macpherson ; to which are prefixed a preliminary discourse and dissertation on the aera and poems of Ossian. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.189 |
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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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