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James Macpherson () ( 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796 ) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the " translator " of the Ossian cycle of poems.
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His first wife, Juliet Macpherson ( c. 1776 – 1850 ), was a daughter of James Macpherson ( 1736 – 1796 ), a probable translator of Ossian poems.
* The Ossian cycle of ancient Celtic poetry supposedly rediscovered and published in 1760 by Scottish poet James Macpherson was actually written in the eighteenth century, possibly based on some fragments of earlier verses.
James Macpherson was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation, claiming to have found poetry written by Ossian, he published translations that acquired international popularity, being proclaimed as a Celtic equivalent of the Classical epics.
Ossian is the narrator and purported author of a cycle of epic poems published by the Scottish poet James Macpherson from about 1760.
* Selected Bibliography: James Macpherson and Ossian Excellent online bibliography ; compiled by designated experts in the field ; covering the most important scholarly monographs and articles on Ossian and Macpherson up to March 2004.
The Scottish name Fingal () comes from a retelling of these legends in epic form by the 18th century poet James Macpherson.
In 1761 James Macpherson announced the discovery of an epic written by Ossian ( Oisín ) in the Scottish Gaelic language on the subject of " Fingal " ( Fionnghall meaning " white stranger ": it is suggested that Macpherson rendered the name as Fingal through a misapprehension of the name which in old Gaelic would appear as Finn ).
* James Macpherson as " translator "-Fragments of Ancient Poetry Collected in the Highlands of Scotland
* 1760: ' Preface ' to James Macpherson, Fragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands of Scotland and translated from the Galic or Erse Language
Blair serves as the voice of authority on the legitimacy of the poems that he himself had urged friend James Macpherson to publish in Fragment of Ancient Poetry.
It was revived after union with England in 1707 by figures including Allan Ramsay and James Macpherson.
James Macpherson was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation, claiming to have found poetry written by Ossian, he published translations that acquired international popularity, being proclaimed as a Celtic equivalent of the Classical epics.
The Ossian poems of James Macpherson in the 1760s suited the Romantic enthusiasm for the " sublime " " primitive " and achieved international success with a disguised elegy for the Jacobite clans, set in the remote past.
* Selection from correspondence on Ossian and the songs of ancient peoples ( 1773 ) See also: James Macpherson ( 1736 – 1796 ).
In many later recollections Ireland described his fascination with the works and the glorious death of the forger Thomas Chatterton, and probably knew the Ossian poems of James Macpherson.
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The University maintains five libraries, with the Central Library () housed in the tallest building on campus, the 11-storey James Hight building.
His most recognized illustrations were for the Zwarte Beertjes () series of books, including The Saint, James Bond, Simenon, and Shakespeare.
Saint James Cavalier () was designed by Laparelli and Cassar, as a raised platform on which guns were placed to defend the city against attacks from the land ( Floriana ) side.
Mary of Guise () ( 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560 ) was a queen consort of Scotland as the second spouse of King James V. She was the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, and served as regent of Scotland in her daughter's name from 1554 to 1560.
The Bible sometimes is translated as referring to " necromancer " and " necromancy " () However, some lexicographers, including James Strong and Spiros Zodhiates, disagree.
This quarter-pound () hamburger was created by Burger King's new owners James McLamore and David Edgerton as a way to differentiate BK from other burger outlets at the time.
" Righteous acts according to James include works of charity () as well as avoiding sins against the law of Moses ().
() According to the King James Version, verse 17 is translated that Chedorlaomer was actually slaughtered.
Much of the town centre is lined with brick buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries and the town's skyline is dominated by St. James ' Church, the spire of which is tall, though shorter than both Norwich Cathedral () and Salisbury Cathedral () in terms of spire height, it is reputedly the tallest Anglican parish church in the United Kingdom.
Regulation 17 () was a regulation of the Ontario Ministry of Education, issued in July 1912 by the Conservative government of premier Sir James P. Whitney.
McMoRan Exploration Company () is a separately traded firm with some shared management with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Richard C. Adkerson and James R. Moffett are co-chairmen of McMoRan Exploration.
Matthew 15: 39 of the King James ' Version () reads, " And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala ".
Frankland W. L. Miles, Jr., Hall ( 1989 ) () and the V. James DiNardo Hall ( 1989 ) () are co-ed suite-style dormitories located on the East Campus.
The first land grants were made to John Lees (), Philip Schaffer (), and James Wheeler () all along the south bank of Mullet Creek.
His father Martin was a stonecutter in Zadar, who worked together with the famous sculptor Giorgio da Sebenico () on the Šibenik Cathedral ( Cathedral of St. James ).
Jesus wept () is a phrase famous for being the shortest verse in the King James Version of the Bible, as well as many other versions, though it is not the shortest in the original languages.
Ismail Merchant () ( 25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005 ) was an Indian-born film producer and director, best known for the results of his famously long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director ( and Merchant's longtime professional and personal partner ) James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
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