 | 1897 - 898 σελίδες
...controversy was opened that lasted 50 years, during which Dr. Johnson gave his opinion that the poems had never existed in any other form ' than that which we have seen.' Subsequently the Highland Soc. of London declared that ' no poems of the kind can be found to exist... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1898 - 170 σελίδες
...a hundred years old. "The poems of Ossian," he concluded, in his "Journey to the Western Islands," "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." Hume, the historian, followed up this attack... | |
 | John Semple Smart - 1905 - 256 σελίδες
...effect. As for the Poems of Ossian, he spoke of them with contempt and intolerance. " 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 - 1906 - 270 σελίδες
...Islands of 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... | |
 | Robert Kleuker - 1907 - 188 σελίδες
...(Oeuvres XIV 446). а) l suppose my opinion of the poe)ns of Ossian is already discovered l believe they never existed in any other form than that which we...shew the original ; nor can it be shewn by any other lt would be easy to shew it if he had it; but whence could Sobifon beuft ^ier an einen 23nef SJoltaire§... | |
 | Karl Nessler - 1911 - 210 σελίδες
...Boswell's Life of Johnson II 294 ff.). Er glaubte nicht an die Echtheit der Gedichte: "I believe they never existed in any other form than that which we have seen", sagt er in der Journey. "The editor, or author, never could show the original; nor can it be shown... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1913 - 590 σελίδες
...opportunity of enquiring into the authenticity of the poems of Ossian, and convinced himself that ' they never existed in any other form than that which we have seen.' This is the best known section of his book ; but the reader may find more interest in the remarks on... | |
 | Daisy Pearl Blum - 1916 - 322 σελίδες
...he v/rote: "I suppoce my opinion of the poeus of Ossian is -1ге,чау 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... | |
 | 588 σελίδες
...opportunity of enquiring into the authenticity of the poems of Ossian, and convinced himself that 'they never existed in any other form than that which we have seen.' This is the best known section of his book ; but the reader may find more interest in the remarks on... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 σελίδες
...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 long... | |
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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... 
