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" ... received from his predecessors ; that some of the parchments were made up in the form of books, and that others were loose and separate, which contained the works of other bards besides those of Ossian. " He remembers that his father had a book which... "
The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands - Page 221
by John Stuart Blackie - 1876 - 331 pages
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Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, Appointed to ...

Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1805 - 532 pages
...books, and that others were loose and separatf , which contained the works of other bards be-, sides those of Ossian. He remembers that his father had...family] were deprived of their lands, they lost their rlacrity and zeal. That he is not certain what became of the parchments, but thinks that some of them...
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Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, Appointed to ...

Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1805 - 532 pages
...which, as his father informed him, contained a good deal of the history of the Highland Clans, 10gether with part of the works of Ossian. That none of 'those...[his family] were deprived of their "lands, they lost thejr alacrity and zeal. That he is not certain what became of the parchments, but thinks that some...
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The poems of Ossian, in the orig. Gaelic, with a tr. into Lat. by ..., Volume 3

Ossian - 1807 - 596 pages
...book made of paper, which he had from his predecessors, and contained, as his father informed him, the history of the Highland Clans, together with part of the works of Ossian. That he remembered well that Clanronald made his father give up the red book to James Macpherson from Badenoch....
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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, Volume 1

James Browne - Clans - 1838 - 558 pages
...bards besides those of Ossian. He remembers that his father had a book, which was called the Bed Honh made of paper, which he had from his predecessors,...day, because when they (his family) were deprived of then- lands, they lost their alacrity and zeal. That he is not certain what became of the parchments,...
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Or, The beauties of Gaelic poetry

John Mackenzie - Highlands - 1841 - 518 pages
...other bards besides those of Ossian. He remembers that his father had a book which was called the Sed Book, made of paper, which he had from his predecessors,...together with part of the works of Ossian. That none of these books are to be found at this day, because when they (his family) were deprived of their lands,...
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Sar-obair nam bard gaelach, or, The beauties of Gaelic poetry, and lives of ...

John Mackenzie - Poets, Gaelic - 1865 - 532 pages
...bards besides those of Ossian. He remembers that his father had a book which was called the Red Sooft, made of paper, which he had from his predecessors,...together with part of the works of Ossian. That none of these books are to be found at this day, because when they (his family) were deprived of their lands,...
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The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature ..., Volume 3

William Anderson - Heraldry - 1867 - 772 pages
...contained the works of other hards hesides those of Ossian. " He rememhers that his father had a hook, which was called the Red Book, made of paper, which...with part of the works of Ossian. That none of those hooks are to he found at this day, hecause when they (his family) were deprived of their lands, they...
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Reliquiæ Celticæ: Texts, Papers and Studies in Gaelic Literature ..., Volume 2

Alexander Cameron - Celtic philology - 1894 - 690 pages
...In the same year (1800) Lachlan Mac Vurich, son of the Neil that gave Macpherson the book, declared that his father " had a book which was called the...clans, together with part of the works of Ossian that it was as thick as a Bible, but that it was longer and broader, though not so thick in the cover."...
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The Feuds of the Clans

Alexander Macgregor - Clans - 1907 - 196 pages
...seventeenth descendant retained the farm of Staoiligary for nineteen years of his life. That there was a right given them over these lands as long as there...together with part of the works of Ossian. That none of these books are to be found at this day because when they (his family) were deprived of their lands...
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Crowded with Genius: Edinburgh, 1745-1789

James Buchan - History - 2009 - 468 pages
...that it was longer and broader', called the 'Red Book' or Leabhar Dearg, made of paper, which Niel 'had from his predecessors, and which, as his father...Highland Clans, together with part of the works of Ossian'.59 He added that he 'remembered well that Clanronald made his father give up the red book to...
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