English Literature, Considered As An Interpreter of English History
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The final establishment of the forgery was not simply by recourse toscholars versed in the Celtic tongues, but the Highland Society appointeda committee in 1767, whose duty it was to send to the Highland pastors acircular, inquiring whether they had heard in the original the poems ofOssian, said to be translated by Macpherson; if so, where and by whom theyhad been written out or repeated: whether similar fragments still existed, and whether there were persons living who could repeat them; wheth...er, totheir knowledge, Macpherson had obtained such poems in the Highlands; andfor any information concerning the personality of Fingal and Ossian.
CRITICISM. --The result was as follows: Certain Ossianic poems did exist, and some manuscripts of ancient ballads and bardic songs. A few of thesehad formed the foundation of Macpherson's so-called translations of theearlier pieces; but he had altered and added to them, and joined them withhis own fancies in an arbitrary manner.
_Fingal_ and _Temora_ were also made out of a few fragments; but in theirepic and connected form not only did not exist, but lack the bardiccharacter and construction entirely.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The final establishment of the forgery was not simply by recourse toscholars versed in the Celtic tongues, but the Highland Society appointeda committee in 1767, whose duty it was to send to the Highland pastors acircular, inquiring whether they had heard in the original the poems ofOssian, said to be translated by Macpherson; if so, where and by whom theyhad been written out or repeated: whether similar fragments still existed, and whether there were persons living who could repeat them; wheth...er, totheir knowledge, Macpherson had obtained such poems in the Highlands; andfor any information concerning the personality of Fingal and Ossian.
CRITICISM. --The result was as follows: Certain Ossianic poems did exist, and some manuscripts of ancient ballads and bardic songs. A few of thesehad formed the foundation of Macpherson's so-called translations of theearlier pieces; but he had altered and added to them, and joined them withhis own fancies in an arbitrary manner.
_Fingal_ and _Temora_ were also made out of a few fragments; but in theirepic and connected form not only did not exist, but lack the bardiccharacter and construction entirely.
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