...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 : — ' Young Mr. Tytler stepped...

...1775, under Dec. 24, 1783, and Boswell's Hebrides. Nov. 10, 1773. 4 ' Sir,' he said to Reynolds, ' a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it ;' post, under March 30, 1783. talk of a book when the authour is concealed behind the door'.' He received...

...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 provoking to their admirers,...

...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 means any thing ridiculous...

...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 means any thing ridiculous...

...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 provoking to their admirers,...

...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 means any thing ridiculous...

...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 provoking to their admirers,...

...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 means auy thing ridiculous...

...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 means any thing ridiculous...