Note 125 — VERSES TO Mr. HAYLEY, CONCERNING UNPUBLISHED REMAINS OF OSSIAN.[125]
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Mr Hayley had heard that Mr Boothby (since, Sir Brooke Boothby) was in possession of such morceaus, and applied to him on the subject. The above lines were written extempore after supper, by Sir Brooke, and the author of this Miscellany, about the year 1784.