Evidence: | Letter to Mrs Macintosh November 23 1800 'Nay, I find the relapse to calm sorrow, a relief from constant perturbation, ?Tha solas an thireadh le sith, Ach claoidhidh fad thuirs soil doruin,?*. As I cannot cure the evil habit of quotation, you see I have changed ground, and taken shelter in another language ? This whimsical parody is not unmeaning, for the original is stronger, and softer than the sense can be given in our language?
[footnote]*This quotation from Ossian has been elegantly, and not unfaithfully, translated by James Macpherson. It runs literally thus??There is enjoyment in mourning with peace; yet long mourning wastes the children of calamity?'
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Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between Jan 1755 and 23 Nov 1800 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1755 |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | Wife/widow of Church of Scotland minister then author |
Religion: | Church of Scotland |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | James Macpherson |
Title: | The poems of Ossian |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 13954 | |
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Author: | Anne Grant | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1807 | |
Vol: | 3 | |
Page: | 102-3 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 (London, 1807), 3, p. 102-3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13954, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Date range given as birth to date of letter. |
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