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The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic with a literal translation into English and a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems

by James Macpherson, Ossian, Ossian

CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. DlSSERTATION on the Authenticity of Ossian's Poems, by Sir John Sinclair, Bart. containing Introduction to the Work - page i v CHAPTER I. A Statement of the Evidence adduced in bchalf of the Authenticity of Ossian’s Poems, with some Obscrvations on the Objcctions which have been urged against their Authenticity - ix CHAPTER II. Account of the Gaelic Edition herewith printed, and the Circumstances which have hitherto prevented the Publication thereof; together with some Observations on the Beauties of the Poems of Ossian, as originally composed - - lxxxv A New Translation of the First Book of Fingal, with Notes, by the Rev. Thomas Ross - - - ci A Translation from the Italian of the Abbè Cesarottts Critical Observations on the First Book of Fingal, by John M'Arthur, II. jD. - - - clxxxiv APPENDIX. Digitized by Google.