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Some of the Advantages of this Work may be
merated :
1. It will endeavour, from every confidera-
tion, to afcertain the aera, in which Ossian
flourifhed, and try every means to fettle the
controverfy, refpecfling the authenticity of the
poems afcribed to him.
2. It will prefer ve the memory of thofe Bards,
whofe genius unaided by art, whofe talents
prompted by little or no reward, flione forth a-
mid the obfcurity of the time, refleded fo
much honour upon themfelves, their native
country, and indeed upon human kind.
3. It will illuftrate fome dark events, in the
Hiftory of the Caledonians, (fuch as their emi-
grations and wars with furrounding dates,) and
account for the refinement of fentiment and
manners, which chara^flerized the Time of
Ossian.
4. It will afford a delightful profpedl to the
mind, and lead it to obferve the progrefs of hu-
man nature, and effeds which climate, pur-
fuits, property, government, and inftitutions in
general, are calculated to produce,
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merated :
1. It will endeavour, from every confidera-
tion, to afcertain the aera, in which Ossian
flourifhed, and try every means to fettle the
controverfy, refpecfling the authenticity of the
poems afcribed to him.
2. It will prefer ve the memory of thofe Bards,
whofe genius unaided by art, whofe talents
prompted by little or no reward, flione forth a-
mid the obfcurity of the time, refleded fo
much honour upon themfelves, their native
country, and indeed upon human kind.
3. It will illuftrate fome dark events, in the
Hiftory of the Caledonians, (fuch as their emi-
grations and wars with furrounding dates,) and
account for the refinement of fentiment and
manners, which chara^flerized the Time of
Ossian.
4. It will afford a delightful profpedl to the
mind, and lead it to obferve the progrefs of hu-
man nature, and effeds which climate, pur-
fuits, property, government, and inftitutions in
general, are calculated to produce,
5-
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Prospectus of a work to be intitled The lives of the Caledonian bards > (5) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/81549765 |
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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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