 | George Eyre-Todd - Authors - 1898 - 170 pages
...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...show the original, nor can it be shown by any other." Hume, the historian, followed up this attack by demanding proof that there existed in the memory of... | |
 | Robert Kleuker - Comparative literature - 1907 - 188 pages
...ingrat (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...which we have seen. The editor, or author, never could shew the original ; nor can it be shewn by any other lt would be easy to shew it if he had it; but... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1910 - 812 pages
...Ixviii. Doctor Johnson having asserted in his late publication that the Translator of Ossian's Poems Wells" Charles Wells Moulton( I hereby declare that the originals of "Fingal" and other poems of Ossian lay in my shop for many months... | |
 | Karl Nessler - Ballads, English - 1911 - 210 pages
...Biographie (Hill, 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 - English literature - 1913 - 590 pages
...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 pages
...V/estern Islands of Scotl nd" he v/rote: "I suppoce my opinion of the poeus of Ossian is -1ге,чау discovered. I believe they never existed in any other...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 pages
...the 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 - Literary Criticism - 1923 - 438 pages
...Irish. Martin mentions Irish, but never any Earse manuscripts, to be found in the Islands in his time. " I suppose my opinion of the poems of Ossian is already...which we have seen. The editor, or author, never could shew the original ; nor can it be shewn by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Hebrides - 1924 - 562 pages
...Irish. Martin mentions Irish, but never -,ny Earse manuscripts, to be found in the Islands in his time. I suppose my opinion of the poems of Ossian is already...which we have seen. The editor, or author, never could shew the original ; nor can it be shewn by any other ; to revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - English literature - 1917 - 488 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
