James Macpherson
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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
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.
Some of Ossian's lesser poems rendered into verse
"Wednesday is about Little Round and Big Square, two friends that get together to play every Wednesday"--