... have been lucky enough to lay my hands on a pretty complete poem, and truly epic, concerning Fingal, The antiquity of it is easily ascertained, and it is not only superior to any thing in that language, but reckoned not inferior to the more polite... Notes on the Authenticity of Ossian's Poems - Page 15by Archibald MacNeill - 1868 - 76 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir John Sinclair - Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1806 - 254 pages
...letter to Mr. Maclagan, dated l6lh January, 1761, when he first had discovered the poem of Fingal. " I " have been lucky enough to lay my hands on a pretty cora" plete poem, and truly epic, concerning Fingal." Report of the Highland Society, Appendix, p.... | |
| Ossian - 1807 - 596 pages
...Mr. Maclagan, " I have been lucky * See Appendix to the Report of the Highland Society, p. 153, 154. enough to lay my hands on a pretty complete poem and truly epic, concerning Fingal." And in his letter to the Deputation of the Highland Society of London, he says, " I shall adhere to... | |
| 1807 - 536 pages
...letter to Mr. Maclagan, dated l6ih January, 1761, when he first had discovered the poem of Fingul. " I " have been lucky enough to lay my hands on a pretty com" plete poem, and truly epic, concerning Fingal." Report of the Highland Society, Appendix, p. 155.... | |
| James Macpherson - Bards and bardism - 1807 - 530 pages
...letter to Mr. Maclagan, dated l6ih January, 1761, when he first had discovered the poem of Fingal. " I " have been lucky enough to lay my hands on a pretty com" plete poem, and truly epic, concerning Fingal." Report of the Highland Society, Appendix, p. 155.... | |
| Ossian - 1807 - 546 pages
...letter to Mr. Maclagan, dated l6lh January, 1761, when he first had discovered the poem of Fingal. " I " have been lucky enough to lay my hands on a pretty com" plete poem, and truly epic, concerning Fingal." Report of the H ighland Society, Appendix, p.... | |
| James Grant - Celtic languages - 1814 - 586 pages
...poem, were it complete; and is " particularly valuable for the ancient manners " it contains." — " / have been lucky enough to " lay my hands on a pretty...easily ascertained, and it is not only " superior to any thing in that language, but " reckoned not inferior to the more polite " performances of other... | |
| James Browne - Clans - 1838 - 558 pages
...correspondence; and hope that you will give me all convenient assistance in my present undertaking. " 1 hate been lucky enough to lay my hands on a pretty complete...Fingal. The antiquity of it is easily ascertained, aud it is not only superior to any thing in that language, but reckoned not inferior to the more polite... | |
| James Browne - Clans - 1843 - 546 pages
...correspondence ; and hope that you will give me all convenient assistance in my present undertaking. " / have been lucky enough to lay my hands on a pretty...easily ascertained, and it is not only superior to any thing in that language, but reckoned not inferior to the more polite performances of other nations... | |
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