The poems of Ossian, in the orig. Gaelic, with a tr. into Lat. by R. Macfarlan. With a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems, by sir J. Sinclair, and a tr. of the abbé Cesarotti's dissertation on the controversy respecting Ossian, with notes and a suppl. essay by J. McArthur, Volume 3 |
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This episode has an immediate connection with the story of Connal and Duth -
caron , in the latter end of the third book . Fingal , sitting beneath an oak , near the
palace of Selma , discovers Connal just landing from Ireland . The danger which
...
This episode has an immediate connection with the story of Connal and Duth -
caron , in the latter end of the third book . Fingal , sitting beneath an oak , near the
palace of Selma , discovers Connal just landing from Ireland . The danger which
...
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who inhabited the south of Ireland , being originally descended from the Belge ,
who possessed the south and south - west coast of Britain , kept up , for many
ages , an amicable correspondence with their mothercountry ; and sent aid to the
...
who inhabited the south of Ireland , being originally descended from the Belge ,
who possessed the south and south - west coast of Britain , kept up , for many
ages , an amicable correspondence with their mothercountry ; and sent aid to the
...
Page 357
It is however admitted by the Scottish writers , that St . Columba , the founder of
the monastery of Icolmkill , and who flourished in the sixth century , was a native
of Ireland . But that he died , worn out with age , at Iona , and was interred there .
It is however admitted by the Scottish writers , that St . Columba , the founder of
the monastery of Icolmkill , and who flourished in the sixth century , was a native
of Ireland . But that he died , worn out with age , at Iona , and was interred there .
Page 437
Without recurring to more remote periods , as unnecessary for our present
purpose , we have incontestible authority that the use of letters was known in
Ireland from St . Patrick ' s time , * and that . St . Columba , the founder of Icolmkill
, who ...
Without recurring to more remote periods , as unnecessary for our present
purpose , we have incontestible authority that the use of letters was known in
Ireland from St . Patrick ' s time , * and that . St . Columba , the founder of Icolmkill
, who ...
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A Treatise of Ireland and its Divisions into Provinces , with the History of the Irish
Kings and Sovereigns , answerable to the General History ; but nine leaves are
wanting . 2 . How the Race of Milesius came into Ireland , and of their Adventures
...
A Treatise of Ireland and its Divisions into Provinces , with the History of the Irish
Kings and Sovereigns , answerable to the General History ; but nine leaves are
wanting . 2 . How the Race of Milesius came into Ireland , and of their Adventures
...
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| Title | The poems of Ossian, in the orig. Gaelic, with a tr. into Lat. by R. Macfarlan. With a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems, by sir J. Sinclair, and a tr. of the abbé Cesarotti's dissertation on the controversy respecting Ossian, with notes and a suppl. essay by J. McArthur, Volume 3 The poems of Ossian, in the orig. Gaelic, with a tr. into Lat. by R. Macfarlan. With a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems, by sir J. Sinclair, and a tr. of the abbé Cesarotti's dissertation on the controversy respecting Ossian, with notes and a suppl. essay by J. McArthur, sir John Sinclair (1st bart.) |
| Author | Ossian |
| Translated by | Robert Macfarlan |
| Published | 1807 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Apr 2006 |
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