Ossian Collection > Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian
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No. V1!I.
S PE CI ME N
OF THE POEMS COLLECTED BT MR, HILL.
AND OF HIS REMARKS.
Extract fr.om Mr. HHP.s publication.
{ HE following Song, palled XJrnigh Ossian, or Ossiatfi
prayers, is the relation of a dispute between Ossian and St.
Patrick, on the evidence and excellence of Christianity. The
/arguments of St. Patrick are by no means those of an ably
Polemic : But the objections of Ossian carry with them the
ioternal marks of antiquity: they are evidently the objec-
£ ens of a rude Polytheist, totally ignorant of the nature oi
t >e Christian tenets ; and sue» as no later bards in such a
r tele country would ever have been able to invent, without
some original and traditional foundation. Ctesian seems to
h ive thought, that hell might be as agreeable as heaven, i{
\\crc were as many deer and dogs in it. M Why, (says
¥ Ossian) should 1 be religious, if heaven be noi in the
S PE CI ME N
OF THE POEMS COLLECTED BT MR, HILL.
AND OF HIS REMARKS.
Extract fr.om Mr. HHP.s publication.
{ HE following Song, palled XJrnigh Ossian, or Ossiatfi
prayers, is the relation of a dispute between Ossian and St.
Patrick, on the evidence and excellence of Christianity. The
/arguments of St. Patrick are by no means those of an ably
Polemic : But the objections of Ossian carry with them the
ioternal marks of antiquity: they are evidently the objec-
£ ens of a rude Polytheist, totally ignorant of the nature oi
t >e Christian tenets ; and sue» as no later bards in such a
r tele country would ever have been able to invent, without
some original and traditional foundation. Ctesian seems to
h ive thought, that hell might be as agreeable as heaven, i{
\\crc were as many deer and dogs in it. M Why, (says
¥ Ossian) should 1 be religious, if heaven be noi in the
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| Description | Drawn up, according to the directions of the Committee, by Henry Mackenzie ... ; with a copious appendix, containing some of the principal documents on which the report is founded. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.226 |
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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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