 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 σελίδες
...require Mr. M'Pherson's Ossian to be more like the original than Pope's Homer. JOHNSON. ' Well, Sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found...passages in old songs, and with them has blended his ' Oh ! then bespoke the prentices all, Living in London, both proper and tall, In a kind letter sent... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 612 σελίδες
...require Mr. M'Pherson's Ossian to be more like the original than Pope's Homer. JOHNSON. " Well, sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found...to the world as the translation of an ancient poem V If this was the case, I observed, it was wrong to publish it as a poem in six books. Tour to JOHNSON.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 σελίδες
...not require Mr. M'Pherson's Ossian to be more liketheorieinal than Pope's Homer. JOHNSON. "WeU, sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found...compositions, and so made what he gives to the world as the called" Queen Elizabeth's Champion," which is preserved in a collection of Old Ballads, in three volumes,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 σελίδες
...require Mr. M'Pherson's Ossian to be more like the original than Pope's Homer. JOHNSON. "Well, sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found...compositions, and so made what he gives to the world as the called" Queen Elizabeth's Champion," which is preserved in a collection of Old Ballads, in three volumes,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 σελίδες
...require Mr. M'Pherson's Ossian to be more like the orieinal than Pope's Homer. JOHNSOD. " WeQ, sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found...stories, and phrases, nay, passages in old songs, and wivh them has blended his own compositions, and so made what he gives to the world as Uie 1 [See ante,... | |
 | 1854 - 816 σελίδες
...of Ossian's Poems is that at which most sensible people have arrived, namely, that " Macpherson had found names, and stories, and phrases, nay, passages, in old songs, and with them had blended his own composition, and so made what he gives to the world as the translation of au ancient... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 σελίδες
...require Mr. M'Pherson's Ossian to be more like the original than Pope's Homer. JOHNSON. " Well, Sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found...the world as the translation of an ancient poem." s If this was the case, I observed, it was wrong to publish it as a poem in six books. JOHNSON. " Yes,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 σελίδες
...require Mr. M'Pherson's Ossian to be more like the original than Pope's Homer. ,li IHNSIJN. " "Well, Sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found...blended his own compositions, and so made what he <nves to the world as the translation of an ancient poem." '-' If this was the case, I observed, it... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 814 σελίδες
...would fight all Raderer too, tandaro te, Raderer, tandorer, tan do re." "Homer." JOHNSON. " Well, Sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found...gives to the world as the translation of an ancient poem."1 If this was the case, I observed, it was wrong to publish it as a poem in six books. JOHNSON.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 544 σελίδες
...imitations of the heroic ballads of his own composing. — Walter Scott. " Homer." JOHNSON. " Well, Sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found...gives to the world as the translation of an ancient poem."1 If this was the case, I observed, it was wrong to publish it as a poem in six books. JOHNSON.... | |
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M'Pherson's Ossian to be more like the original than Pope's Homer. JOHNSON. " Well, sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found names, and stories, and phrases, nay passages in old songs, and with them has blended his own compositions, and... 
