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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... "
The poems of Ossian, in the orig. Gaelic, with a tr. into Lat. by R ... - Page iii
by Ossian - 1807
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A Dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian

Sir John Sinclair - Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1806 - 254 pages
...AUTHENTICITY OF THE POEMS OF OSSIAN, BY SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, BART. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM BULMER AND CO. INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK. IT has frequently...he (the editor) has doubtless inserted names that now laid before the public. The Gaelic original is herewith published, and in the opinion of those...
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The Poems of Ossian, Volume 1

1807 - 536 pages
...- 194 Croma - • - - - - 210 Calthonn is Caolmhal .... 232 DISSERTATION ON THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE POEMS OF OSSIAN, BY SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, BART. VOL....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)...
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The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, Volume 1

James Macpherson - Bards and bardism - 1807 - 530 pages
...Gaol-nan-daoine - - ,- - 194 Croma - 210 Calthonn is Caolmhal - DISSERTATION ON THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE POEMS OF OSSIAN, BY SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, BART. VOL....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)...
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Miscellaneous essays. Political tracts. A journey to the Western islands of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: With an Essay on His Life and Genius

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 pages
...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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...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...
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Works, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...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...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 398 pages
...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...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 572 pages
...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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pages
...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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