| Leith Davis - 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 - 2000 - 276 pages
...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 by any other;...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 - 2003 - 612 pages
...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;...acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.69 Johnsons Attacken gegen Ossian stehen in unmittelbarem Zusammenhang mit der von ihm vertretenen... | |
| John T. Lynch - 2008 - 244 pages
...Western Islands is well known: "The editor, or author, never could shew the original," he complained. "To revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence,...insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted." Thus his insistence that "It would be easy to shew it if he had it."51 As he said to Boswell, "Let... | |
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