A

VIEW OF
OF NATURE,

IN LETTERS

TO A TRAVELLER AMONG THE ALPS.

WITH

REFLECTIONS

ON

ATHEISTICAL PHILOSOPHY,

NOW EXEMPLIFIED IN

FRANCE,

By RICHARD JOSEPH SULIVAN, ESQ.

F. R. S. AND F. A. S.

Mala enim, et impia consuetudo est contra Deos disputandi, sive ex
animo id fit, sive simulate.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

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CONTENTS.

LETTER LXXVI.

THE anciens Britons and Irish derived from one com-

mon stock---Whether the Scotch or Irish be the

more ancient nation much disputed---The poems of

Ossian, in the main, of great antiquity---afford

proofs of the common origin, of these nations.

LETTER LXXVII.

The same subject pursued-The Irish claimed both

by the Scots and the South Britons as their descendants

---Necessity of having recourse to tradition; exem-

plified in the histories of Greece and Rome---and of

Ireland---contradictory historical accounts of its an-

cient state---Ireland not unknown to the Greeks and

Romans---perhaps the ancient Thulè---The north

coasts of Africa and Spain early colonized by the

Phoenicians---Several parts of Europe afterwards co-

lonized by the Milesians---among the rest probably

Ireland.

LETTER LXXVIII.

The recent low state of civilization in Ireland no ob-
jection to the credibility of its ancient history---The
Irish possessed of letters long before the introduction

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