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 31807 |
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... THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON , APPOINTED TO SUPERINTEND THE PUBLICATION OF OSSIAN IN THE ORIGINAL GAELIC . With Notes and Observations by the Translator . TRANSLATION OF THE ABBÉ CESAROTTI'S HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL DISSERTATION . A ...
... THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON , APPOINTED TO SUPERINTEND THE PUBLICATION OF OSSIAN IN THE ORIGINAL GAELIC . With Notes and Observations by the Translator . TRANSLATION OF THE ABBÉ CESAROTTI'S HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL DISSERTATION . A ...
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... original character of those poems . But this opinion , if thoroughly examined , will appear still more improbable than the preced- ing one . What Dr. Blair says on the difficulty of supposing a poet capable of so totally divesting ...
... original character of those poems . But this opinion , if thoroughly examined , will appear still more improbable than the preced- ing one . What Dr. Blair says on the difficulty of supposing a poet capable of so totally divesting ...
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... original nor less ancient . It was extremely easy for a modern poet to guard himself against the excess of these modes , which indeed he ought to have done , to avoid incurring the animadversions of many fastidious readers of the ...
... original nor less ancient . It was extremely easy for a modern poet to guard himself against the excess of these modes , which indeed he ought to have done , to avoid incurring the animadversions of many fastidious readers of the ...
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... original of Ossian's poems cannot be shown by him , nor any one else ; and treats the editor as a barefaced impostor , who dares to insult the public with unexampled impudence and falsehood . " The editor , or author , " says he , never ...
... original of Ossian's poems cannot be shown by him , nor any one else ; and treats the editor as a barefaced impostor , who dares to insult the public with unexampled impudence and falsehood . " The editor , or author , " says he , never ...
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... original . The ' persuasion of the Scots , how- ever , is far from universal ; and in a question so capable of proof , why should doubt be suffered to continue ? " The rude and vigorous attack of Johnson , drew upon this celebrated ...
... original . The ' persuasion of the Scots , how- ever , is far from universal ; and in a question so capable of proof , why should doubt be suffered to continue ? " The rude and vigorous attack of Johnson , drew upon this celebrated ...
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