 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 shew the original; nor can it be shewn by any other; to revenge reasonable...  A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - Seite 205von Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 288 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Baldwin - 1882 - 632 Seiten
...six lines of the original Ossian;" and, lastly, he maintained the opinion that the poems of Ossian " never existed in any other form than that which we have seen." Dr. Johnson was supported in the controversy which he thus began by Hume the historian and by antiquaries... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1884 - 538 Seiten
...an imposture. He adds, " The editor, or author, never could show the original, nor can it be shown by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity, by...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.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 534 Seiten
...an imposture. He adds, " The editor, or author, never could show the original, nor can it be shown by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity, by...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.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 492 Seiten
...news-papers: "Dr. Johnson having asserted in his late publication, that 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 512 Seiten
...ix. 1 1 5) : — ' 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 356 Seiten
...gentleman was an attorney. Boswell's Life of Johnson, ii. 126. Audacity Audacity the last Refuge of Guilt : To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence...yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt. Works, U. 115. Authority : IT must always be the condition of a great part of mankind... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 Seiten
...Audacity Audacity the last Refuge of Guilt : To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence 1 is a degree of insolence with which the world is not...yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt. Works, ix. n5. Authority : IT must always be the condition of a great part of mankind... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Saunders - 1894 - 350 Seiten
...as follows : — "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, could never show the original; nor can it be shown by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 Seiten
...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 2.' This reasoning carries with it great weight. It roused the resentment of Mr. Macpherson.... | |
 | 1897 - 496 Seiten
...passus zu erkennen : 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... | |
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