A TRANSLATION FROM THE ITALIAN OF THE ABBE CESAROTTI'S DISSER- BY JOHN M'ARTHUR, LL. D. PUBLISHED UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE HIGHLAND MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW; 1807. Rey. st. 10-17840 ADVERTISEMENT. In the poems now published, some words and pas- A celebrated Italian poet, Cesarotti, having not only translated OSSIAN'S POEMS in a very superior manner, but having also written a Dissertation on their authenticity and beauties, which is not generally accessible to English readers, it was thought proper to annex to this Work a translation of the same, which is inserted in the Third Volume, together with Notes and a Supplemental Essay.* The Committee beg leave also, to allude to the translation of the first book of Fingal, by the Rev. Mr. Ross, included in the Preliminary Dissertation, which furnishes the most satisfactory evidence, that * A translation of Cesarotti's notes, on the first book of Fingal, is annexed to the Preliminary Dissertation, as a proof of that author's critical taste, and of the excellence of his judgment in poetical discussions. |