 | Sir John Sinclair - Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1806 - 254 pages
...trouble of waiting " upon me, as a ceremony of that kind is altogether " superfluous and unnecessary. I shall adhere to " the promise I made several years ago to a depu" tation of the same kind ; that is, to employ my " first leisure time, and a considerable portion... | |
 | 1807 - 536 pages
...trouble of waiting " upon me, as a ceremony of that kind is altogether " superfluous and unnecessary. I shall adhere to " the promise I made several years ago to a depu" tation of the same kind ; that is, to employ my *' first leisure time, and a considerable portion... | |
 | James Macpherson - Bards and bardism - 1807 - 530 pages
...trouble of waiting " upon me, as a ceremony of that kind is altogether " superfluous and unnecessary. I shall adhere to *( the promise I made several years ago to a depu" tation of the same kind ; that is> to employ my " first leisure time, and a considerable portion... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - Agriculturists - 1831 - 618 pages
...shall adhere to the promise, which I made to a deputation from the Highland Society, several years ago, that is, to employ my first leisure time, (and a considerable...the poems of Ossian, as they have come to my hands." This declaration seems to put the question of authenticity beyond all possibility of doubt; more especially... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - Agriculturists - 1831 - 596 pages
...adhere to the promise, which I made to a deputation from the Highland Siirirt\ , several years ago, that is, to employ my first leisure time, (and a considerable...originals of the poems of Ossian, as they have come to my kands." This declaration seems to put the question of authenticity beyond all possibility of doubt... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 pages
...shall adhere to the promise which I made to a deputation from the Highland society several years ago, that is, to employ my first leisure time (and a considerable...the poems of Ossian as they have come to my hands.' This declaration seems to put the question of authenticity beyond all possibility of doubt; more especially... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - Civilization, Celtic, in literature - 1876 - 356 pages
...the trouble of waiting on me, as a ceremony of that kind is altogether superfluous and unnecessary. I shall adhere to the promise I made several years...originals of the poems of Ossian as they have come into my hands. Funds having been provided for the expense, there can be no excuse but want of leisure... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - Highlands (Scotland) - 1876 - 354 pages
...the trouble of waiting on me, as a ceremony of that kind is altogether superfluous and unnecessary. I shall adhere to the promise I made several years...originals of the poems of Ossian as they have come into my hands. Funds having been provided for the expense, there can be no excuse but want of leisure... | |
 | Archibald Brown - Argyllshire (Scotland) - 1889 - 470 pages
...1804, would indicate this. In it he says : " I must employ my first leisure time, and a considerable time it must be to do it accurately, in arranging...and printing the originals of the Poems of Ossian." This was written at Norfolk Street, London, 1784. But this leisure time seems never to have come. The... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Saunders - Bards and bardism in literature - 1894 - 350 pages
...the trouble of waiting upon me, as a ceremony of that kind is altogether superfluous and unnecessary. I shall adhere to the promise I made several years...the Poems of Ossian, as they have come to my hands. Funds having been established for the expense, there can be no excuse, but want of leisure, for not... | |
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I received the favour of your letter, dated yesterday ; and I am sorry the gentlemen should think of giving themselves the trouble of waiting upon me, as a ceremony of that kind is altogether superfluous and unnecessary. I shall adhere to the promise... 
