 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...phrase is, EIEO.— BOSWELL. by Mr. James Maepherson, as translations of Ossian, was at its height. Johnson had all along denied their authenticity ;...maintained that they had no merit. The subject having bcen introduced by Dr. Fordyee, Dr. Blair, relying on the internal evidence of their antiquity, asked... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...concerning the pieces published by Mr. James Macpherson, as translations of Ossian, was at its height. Johnson had all along denied their authenticity ;...Yes, Sir, many men, many women, and many children." Johnson, at this time, did not know that Dr. Blair had just published a Dissertation, not only defending... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1878 - 374 pages
...Johnson made on Ossian, Boswell in the Life considerably weakens its force. He says that ' Dr. Blair asked Dr. Johnson whether he thought any man of a...Yes, Sir, many men, many women, and many children." ' In the ' Boswelliana ' the story is thus told : ' Doctor Blair asked him if he thought any man could... | |
 | James Boswell - 1880 - 488 pages
...concerning the pieces published by Mr. James Macpherson, as translations of Ossian, was at its height. Johnson had all along denied their authenticity, and,...provoking to their admirers, maintained that they Mr. Sheridan was then reading lectures upon Oratory at Bath, where DerricK was Mulct o* the Ceremonies... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pages
...concerning the pieces published by Mr. James Macpherson, as translations of Ossian, was at its height. Johnson had all along denied their authenticity ;...Yes, Sir, many men, many women, and many children." Johnson, at this time, did not know that Dr. Blair had just published a " Dissertation," not only defending... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...concerning the pieces published by Mr. James Macpherson, as translations of Ossian, was at its height. Johnson had all along denied their authenticity ;...no merit. The subject having been introduced by Dr. Fordyce—Dr. Blair, relying on the internal evidence of their antiquity, asked Dr. Johnson whether... | |
 | Enchiridion - 1884 - 288 pages
...poems published as translations of the Welsh bard. Dr. Blair, who believed in them warmly, asked him whether he thought any man of a modern age could have...Yes, sir ; many men, many women, and many children." Gargantua's Mouth. Goldsmith one day, in company with Johnson, said that he thought he could write... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 490 pages
...concerning the pieces published by Mr. James Macpherson, as translations from Ossian, was at its height. Johnson had all along denied their authenticity ;...whether he thought any man of a modern age could have AGE 54. ] FIRST VISIT TO JOHNSONS CHAMBERS. 301 written such poems. Johnson replied, " Yes, Sir, many... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 pages
...concerning the pieces published by Mr. James Macpherson, as translations of Ossian*, was at its height. Johnson had all along denied their authenticity; and,...replied, ' Yes, Sir, many men, many women, and many children3.1 Johnson, at this time, did not know that Dr. Blair had just published a Dissertation, not... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 pages
...concerning the pieces published by James Macpherson, as translations of Ossian, was at its height. Johnson had all along denied their authenticity ;...Yes, Sir, many men, many women, and many children." Johnson, at this time, did not know that Dr. Blair had just published a " Dissertation," not only defending... | |
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The subject having been introduced by Dr Fordyce, Dr Blair, relying on the internal evidence of their antiquity, asked Dr Johnson whether he thought any man of a modern age could have written such poems ? Johnson replied, "Yes, Sir, many men, many women,... 
