 | 1874 - 588 pages
...answer to that gentleman's remark, that Scotland has a great many " noble wild prospects." Johnson. " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England!" "This unexpected and pointed sally," says Boswell, " produced... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...himself perfectly safe ; for he observed, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. JOHNSON. " I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.... | |
 | 1874 - 382 pages
...Mr. Samuel Johnson, ' I believe you have a great many noble wild prospects. Norway, too, has got some prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, sir, I believe the noblest prospect that a Scotchman ever sees is the road which leads him to England.'... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...Rochefoucault's maximi. 6. Mr. Ogilvie observed, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. Johnson. >I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England«. 8. We spoke of Rolt, to whose 'Dictionary of Commerce' Dr. Johnson... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...yohnson. An. 1755. Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. ibid. An. 1759. The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England. Ibid. An. 1763. Sir, your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves ; but they cannot bear... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 622 pages
...perfectly safe ; for he observed, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. JOHNSON : " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...ever sees, is the high-road that leads him to England !" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause. Miter. It happened to be a very rainy... | |
 | John Forster - 1877 - 468 pages
...that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects." " I believe, sir," said Johnson upon this, " you have a great " many. Norway, too, has noble wild...is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. Bat, sir, let " me tell yon, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees " is the high road that... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pages
...himself perfectly safe ; for he observed that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. Johnson: "I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England !"—Boswett. Mrs. Brooke having repeatedly desired Johnson to look over her new play, he always found... | |
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1879 - 216 pages
...of Boswell's, who claimed for his country a great many " noble wild prospects," Johnson replied, " I believe, sir, you have a great many, Norway, too, has noble wild prospects j and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, sir, let me tell you the noblest... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1880 - 362 pages
...perf ectly safe ; for he observed, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. JOHNSON : ' I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England ! ' This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause."... | |
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I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to... 
