 | Ossian - 1807 - 546 pagina’s
...TOM. I. DISSERTATION ON THE AUTHENTICITY OF THB POEMS OF OSSIAN, BY SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, BART. VOL. I. INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK. IT has frequently...he (the editor) has doubtless inserted names that IV INTRODUCTION. now laid before the public. The Gaelic original is herewith published, and in the... | |
 | James Macpherson - 1807 - 530 pagina’s
...Caolmhal - DISSERTATION ON THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE POEMS OF OSSIAN, BY SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, BART. VOL. I INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK. IT has frequently...original, nor can it be shown by any other. That it is too I6ng " to be remembered, and that the language formerly had nothing " written. That he (the editor)... | |
 | 1807 - 536 pagina’s
....... 232 DISSERTATION ON THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE POEMS OF OSSIAN, BY SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, BART. VOL. I. INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK. IT has frequently...original, nor can it be shown by any other. That it is too long " to be remembered, and that the language formerly had nothing " written. That he (the editor)... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pagina’s
...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 evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 pagina’s
...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 evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pagina’s
...i. 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 evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pagina’s
...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 evidence, is a degree of insolence, with .which the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 398 pagina’s
...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 evidence, is a degree of insolence with which the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 572 pagina’s
...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 evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pagina’s
...present form ?" For these, and such like reasons, Johnson calls the whole 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 refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence with which the world... | |
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The editor, or author, never could show the original ; nor can it be shown by any other; to revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last... 
