...concerning the pieces published by Mr. James Macpherson,1 as translations of Ossion, was at its height. u lHF .0F . F . Johnson at this time, did not know that Dr. Blair had just published a Dissertation, not only defending...

...(London, 1763)^. 16. 115. Ibid., p. 7. 116. Ibid., p. 13. 117. Boswell's London Journal, p. 234. 1 1 8. 'Dr Blair, relying on the internal evidence of their antiquity, asked Dr Johnson whether he thought of any man of a modern age could have written such poems? Johnson replied, "Yes, Sir, many men, many...

...concerning the pieces published by Mr. James Macpherson, as translations of Ossian, was at its height. Johnson had all along denied their authenticity; and,..."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...

...sometimes they were on target. Boswell records Johnson's sharp-tongued dismissal of the Ossianic poems: "Dr. Blair, relying on the internal evidence of their...replied, 'Yes, Sir, many men, many women, and many children.'"5 Then again, Johnson himself did not escape satirical treatment for his involvement in...

...concerning the pieces published by Mr James Macpherson, as translations of Ossian, was at its height. Johnson had all along denied their authenticity; and,..."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...

...Ossian, was at its height. Johnson had all along denied their authenticity ; and, what was still moce provoking to their admirers, maintained that they...The subject having been introduced by Dr. Fordyce, Ur. Blair, relying on the internal evidence of their antiquity, asked Dr. Johnson whether he thought...