...islands in his time. I suppose my opinion of the poems of Ossian is already discovered. I believe they never existed in any other form than that which we...yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt. It would be easy td shew it if he had it ; but whence could it be had ? It is too...

...islands in his time. I suppose my opinion of the poems of Ossian is already discovered. I believe they never existed in any other form than that which we...yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt. It would be easy to shew it if he had it ; but whence could it be had ? It is too...

...present form ?" For these, and such like reasons, Johnson calls the whole an imposture. He adds, " The editor, or author, never " could shew the original, nor can it be " shewn by any other. To revenge reason" able incredulity, by refusing evidence, is " a degree of insolence with which the world VOL....

...the Irish Bible. I suppose my opinion of the poems of Ossian is already discovered. I believe they never existed in any other form than that which we have seen. The editor, or author, never could show the original ; nor can it be shown by any other : to revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing...

...its present form ? For these, and such like reasons, Johnson calls the whole an imposture. He adds, " The editor, or author, never could shew the original,...yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt." This reasoning carries with it great weight. It roused the resentment of Mr Macpherson....

...islands in his time. I suppose my opinion of the poems of Ossian is already discovered. I believe they never existed in any other form than that which we...author never could shew the original ; nor can it be shown by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence...

...literary impostor. In his Narrative of the Tour, speaking of these poems, he says, " I helieve they never existed in any other form than that which we...author never could shew the original ; nor can it he shewn hy any other. To revenge reasonahle incredulity, hy refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence...

...such terms as he thought suited to one who had not acted as a man of the translator of Ossian's poems never could shew the original, nor can it be shewn by any other ; I hereby declare that the originals of Fingal and other poems of Ossian, lay in my shop for many...

...present form ?" For these, and such like reasons, Johnson calls the whole an imposture. He adds, " The editor, or author, never could shew the original,...yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt." This reasoning carries with it great weight. It roused the resentment of Mr. Macpherson....

...islands in his time. I suppose my opinion of the poems of Ossian is already discovered. I believe they never existed in any other form than that which we have seen. The editor, or author, never could show the original; nor can it be shown by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing...