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" There is a design on foot to print the originals as soon as the translator shall have time to transcribe them for the press ; and if this publication shall not take place, copies will then be deposited in one of the public libraries, to prevent so ancient... "
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Litteraturgeschichte - Page 57
1895
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 4

Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 556 pages
...other was necessary. However, he assures the " public of a design to print the originals, as soon as the " translator shall have time to transcribe them...then be deposited in one of the public libraries, to pre" vent so ancient a monument of genius from being lost." That he was then preparing, and ready to...
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 4

Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 558 pages
...public of a design to print the originals, as soon as the " translator shall have time to transcnbfe them for the press ; " and' if this publication shall...then be deposited in one of the public libraries, to pre-r" vent so ancient a monument of genius from being lost." That he was then preparing, and ready...
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The poems of Ossian, &c. containing the poetical works of J ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...is a design on foot to print the originals, as soon as the translator shall have time to transscribe them for the press ; and if this publication shall...prevent so ancient a monument of genius from being lost. work. The number of his subscribers does him honour. He could have presented to the public the first...
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The poems of Ossian, in the orig. Gaelic, with a tr. into Lat. by ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1807 - 546 pages
...the press. If such a publication should not take place, he then pledges himself, that copies shall be deposited in one of the public libraries, to prevent so ancient a monument of genius from being lost. Soon after this publication, Macpherson was led to give up poetical pursuits, and actually accompanied...
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Zeitschrift für vergleichende literatur-geschichte und renaissance ..., Volume 8

1895 - 536 pages
...gefallen sei: „I have some thoughts of Publishing the original, if it will not clog the work too rauch". (Report, app. p. 155). Vor der ersten Ausgabe des...place, copies will then be deposited in one of the puhlic libraries, to prevent so ancient a monument of genius from being lost". 1763 brachte als gälisches...
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Transactions, Volume 22

Inverness Gaelic Society - 1900 - 380 pages
...Fingal in 1762, he likewise remarks — " There is a design on foot to print the originals as soon as the translator shall have time to transcribe them...so ancient a monument of genius from being lost." In 1763 a Gaelic specimen of the seventh Book of " Temora" appeared, with the declaration that further...
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Transactions, Volume 22

Inverness Gaelic Society - 1900 - 376 pages
...Fingal in 1762, he likewise remarks — " There is a design on foot to print the originals as soon as the translator shall have time to transcribe them...so ancient a monument of genius from being lost." In 1763 a Gaelic specimen of the seventh Book of " Temora" appeared, with the declaration that further...
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Transactions, Volume 22

Inverness Gaelic Society - 1900 - 376 pages
...Fingal in 1762, he likewise remarks — " There is a design on foot to print the originals as soon as the translator shall have time to transcribe them...public libraries, to prevent so ancient a monument of genfus from being lost." In 1763 a Gaelic specimen of the seventh Book of " Temora" appeared, with...
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Transactions, Volume 22

Inverness Gaelic Society - 1900 - 376 pages
...design on foot to print the originals as soon as the translator shall have time to transcribe t hem for the press ; and if this publication shall not...so ancient a monument of genius from being lost." In 1763 a Gaelic specimen of the seventh Book of " Temora" appeared, with the declaration that further...
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James Macpherson: An Episode in Literature

John Semple Smart - 1905 - 256 pages
...first edition of Fingal he had said,— " There is a design on foot to print the originals, as soon as the translator shall have time to transcribe them...so ancient a monument of genius from being lost." This undertaking he had not carried out; and the exhibition of his papers for a short time in a publisher's...
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