...Johnson gave to the public in 1775, in the following words : "I believe they (the poems of Ossian) 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...

...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...yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt." This reasoning carries with it great weight. It roused the resentment of Mr. Macplierson....

...which Johnson gave to the public in 1775, in the following words: "I believe they (the poems of Ossian) 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...

...unfounded assertion of the colossus of English literature, Dr. Samuel Johnson, that " the poems of Ossian never existed in any other form than that which we have seen," in Macpherson's translation and " that the editor or author never could show the original, nor can...

...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...yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt." This reasoning carries with it great weight. It roused the resentment of Mr. Macpherson....

...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 die world is not yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt." This reasoning...

...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 inBolrnce with which the world is not yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of...

...believe that the poems of Ossian never existed in any other form than that in which we have seen them. The editor or author never could shew the original, nor can it be seen by any other. If there are any manuscripts to be found, they are Irish ; for Martin, who wrote...

...against them, that in his ' Journey to the Western Islands,' he declared that " the poems of Ossian never existed in any other form than that which we have seen," meaning in Macpherson's translation, and " that the editor or author never could show the original,...

...manner. He says :* "I suppose my opinion of the poems of Ossian is already discovered. / 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...