 Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian, had so little merit, that he said, " Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it.  The Life of Goethe - الصفحة 148بواسطة George Henry Lewes - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 575عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | James Boswell - 1786 - عدد الصفحات: 552
...confirm this observation in a considerable degree. BOSWELL. Johnson said to Sir Joshua of Ossian : — ' Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it.' Ante, iv. 211. 4 In the first edition (p. 485) this paragraph ran thus : —... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 238
...of mind." Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian had so little merit, that he said, " Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it." Johnson had all along denied their authenticity; and, what was still more... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 532
...particulars: Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian, had so little merit, that he said, " Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it." He said, " A man should pass a part of his time with the laughers, by which... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 562
...particulars: .Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian, had so little merit, that he said, " Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it." lie said, " A man should pass a part of his time with the laughers, by which... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 678
...of mind." Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian had so little merit, that he said, " Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it." Johnson had all along denied their authenticity; and, what was still more... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 378
...particulars: Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian, had so little merit, that he said, " Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it." He said, "A man should pass a part of his time with the laughers, by which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 370
...mind." Johnson thoughtthe poems published as translations from Ossian had so little merit, that he cc said, " Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it.'' Johnson had all along denied their authenticity ; and, what wa.s still more... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 444
...particulars : Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian had so little merit, that he said, " Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it." He said, " A man should pass a part of his time with the laughers, by which... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 570
...particulars : Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian had so little merit, that he said, " Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it." He said, " A man should pass a part of his time with the laughers, by which... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 600
...particulars : Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian had so little merit, that he said, " Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it." He said, " A man should pass a part of his time with the laughers, by which... | |
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