 | Robert Kleuker - Comparative literature - 1907 - 188 pages
...l 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 lt would be easy to shew it if he had it; but whence could Sobifon beuft ^ier an einen 23nef SJoltaire§... | |
 | Daisy Pearl Blum - 1916 - 322 pages
...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 by refusing evidence is a degree of ins .lence with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stuboorn audacity is the last refuge of... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 pages
...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...audacity is the last refuge of guilt. It would be easy to shew it if he had it ; but whence could it be had. It is too long to be remembered, and the language... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Hebrides - 1924 - 562 pages
...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...audacity is the last refuge of guilt. It would be easy to shew it if he had it ; but whence could it be had ? It is too long to bf; remembered, and the language... | |
 | Robert Anderson - College readers - 696 pages
...? 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...incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence trith which the world is not yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt." These,... | |
 | J. C. D. Clark - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 292 pages
...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...audacity is the last refuge of guilt. It would be easy to shew it if he had it; but whence could it be had? It is too long to be remembered, and the language... | |
 | Stuart Sherman - Antiques & Collectibles - 1996 - 352 pages
...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. . . . [The poems are] too long to be remembered, and the language formerly had nothing written. The... | |
 | Leith Davis - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 240 pages
...other form than that which we have seen. The editor, or author, never could shew the original; not can it be shewn by any other ... to revenge reasonable...and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt. (9: 118) Macpherson tried to convince William Strahan, the publisher of the Jon niey, to remove the... | |
 | Adam Potkay - Happiness - 2000 - 276 pages
...about promulgating his own doubts. In the Journey, he writes, "The editor, or author [ie, Macpherson] , never could shew the original; nor can it be shewn...and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt" (118). His private reasoning on the matter is, however, still more sceptical. In talks with Boswell,... | |
 | Wolf Gerhard Schmidt - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 2003 - 612 pages
...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...acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.69 Johnsons Attacken gegen Ossian stehen in unmittelbarem Zusammenhang mit der von ihm vertretenen... | |
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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 incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with... 
