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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... "
A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans - Page 55
by James Browne - 1843
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A Dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian

Sir John Sinclair - 1806 - 254 pages
...asserts, "that the " poems of Ossian never existed in any other form than that which " we have seen. That the editor or author never could show the " original, nor can it be shown by any other. That it is loo long " to be remembered, and that the language formerly had nothing " written. That...
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The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, Volume 1

James Macpherson - 1807 - 530 pages
...asserts, « that the " poems of Ossian never existed in any other form than that which " we have seen. That the editor or author never could show the " 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...
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The Poems of Ossian, Volume 1

1807 - 536 pages
...asserts, "that the " poems of Ossian never existed in any other form than that which " we have seen. That the editor or author never could show the " 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...
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The poems of Ossian, in the orig. Gaelic, with a tr. into Lat. by ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1807 - 546 pages
...asserts, " that the " poems of Ossian never existed in any other form than that which " we have seen. That the editor or author never could show the " original, nor can it be shown by any other. That it is loo long " to be remembered, and that the language formerly had nothing " written. That...
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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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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, 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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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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