The Life and Letters of James Macpherson

¹ Rep Adam Ferguson afterwards ancient antiquity appeared attack authenticity Badenoch Balclutha ballads bards beauty Blair Book of Leinster Celtic century character chief clan collected criticism Dean's Book death declared doubt early Earse Edinburgh edition English epic poem evidence expressed fact favour Feinne Fingal Fingalians fragments friends Gaelic poems Gaelic poetry gave given hand heard heroes Highland poetry hill Home Homer Hume interest Ireland Irish Isle of Skye Jacobite rising James Macpherson John John Home Johnson Kingussie language learned letter literary literature London Lord Macmhuirich Macpher manuscripts ment minister Muireach nature obtained opinion original Oscar Ossianic poems passages person pieces Poems of Ossian poet poetical preface probably published rock Ruthven Scotch Scotland Scottish sentiment Skye Sleat song Temora testimony thou ticity tion tradition translation Tuatha dé Danann Uisneach verse voice wind writing wrote