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190 C A T H - L O D A.
The race of Cruth-loda advance, a ridge of formlefs fliades.
He reaches the founding fhell, to thofe who flione in war ; but,
between him and the feeble, his fhield rifes, a cruft of darknefs.
He is a fetting meteor to the weak in arms. — Bright, as a rain-
bow on ftreams, came white-armed Conban-carglas.
C ATH-

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Description	Together with several other poems, composed by Ossian, the son of Fingal. / Translated from the Galic language, by James Macpherson..
Shelfmark	Oss.3(2)
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1763 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Celtic (culture) Epics Forgeries (derivative objects)
Person / organisation:	T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt [Publisher] MacPherson, James, 1736-1796 [Author] Ossian, active 3rd century [Attributed name] Finn MacCumhaill, 3rd cent. [Subject of text]
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Ossian Collection
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.

Early Gaelic Book Collections
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.