Works of Ossian: Vol. I.Fleischer, 1783 |
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Page 21
... truth at laft comes out , and he acknowledges his ignorance . Says he , " I rumaged Trinity college , had dif " ferent perfons in pay , who understood the cha- " racters and contractions , " & c . p . 60. Very mortifying to be obliged ...
... truth at laft comes out , and he acknowledges his ignorance . Says he , " I rumaged Trinity college , had dif " ferent perfons in pay , who understood the cha- " racters and contractions , " & c . p . 60. Very mortifying to be obliged ...
Page 29
... fuch , reprefenting him as a miracle of fincerity and truth . Great part of Mr. Shaw's pamphlet is ta- ken up with a feeble and fruitless attack on ( d ) 4 ' Dr. Dr. Blair's elegant Dissertation on the Poems of Ofian . ( 29 )
... fuch , reprefenting him as a miracle of fincerity and truth . Great part of Mr. Shaw's pamphlet is ta- ken up with a feeble and fruitless attack on ( d ) 4 ' Dr. Dr. Blair's elegant Dissertation on the Poems of Ofian . ( 29 )
Page 30
... truth , are produced against the Dissertation ; and the reader will fcarcely imagine , that the Doctor ftands in need of fup- port from any other writer , against the argu- ments of fuch an opponent as Mr. Shaw . The following ...
... truth , are produced against the Dissertation ; and the reader will fcarcely imagine , that the Doctor ftands in need of fup- port from any other writer , against the argu- ments of fuch an opponent as Mr. Shaw . The following ...
Page 33
... literary eminence with refpect . What then muft I feel , when I fee a man , diftinguished for nothing less than for genius , truth , and candour , attempting to emerge from his his natural obfcurity , by an open attack upon the ( 33 ) .
... literary eminence with refpect . What then muft I feel , when I fee a man , diftinguished for nothing less than for genius , truth , and candour , attempting to emerge from his his natural obfcurity , by an open attack upon the ( 33 ) .
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... truth . I have had converfations with many hundreds , on the fubject of the Gaelic poetry ; and if one honeft man ( for I place my opponent in a different clafs ) will fay , that ever he heard me utter words fimilar to thefe , which he ...
... truth . I have had converfations with many hundreds , on the fubject of the Gaelic poetry ; and if one honeft man ( for I place my opponent in a different clafs ) will fay , that ever he heard me utter words fimilar to thefe , which he ...
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