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... Lives of Scottish Poets - Page 131by Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...; for he observed, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. JOHNSON. " I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild...Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!" This unexpected and pointed sally... | |
| 1874 - 588 pages
...gentleman's remark, that Scotland has a great many " noble wild prospects." Johnson. " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble, wild...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England!" "This unexpected and pointed sally,"... | |
| ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...and, claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system." JOHNSON : " I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild...Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high-road that leads him to England !" That is the best joke the Doctor... | |
| 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
...Mr. Ogilvie observed, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. Johnson. >I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild...Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England«. 8. We spoke of Rolt, to whose 'Dictionary... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1876 - 622 pages
...; for he observed, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. JOHNSON : " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has ' noble wild...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high-road that leads him to England !" This unexpected and pointed sally... | |
| John Forster - Authors, Irish - 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 - 346 pages
...safe ; for he observed that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. Johnson: "I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England !" — Boswett. Mrs. Brooke having repeatedly... | |
| Sir Leslie Stephen - Authors, English - 1879 - 216 pages
...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...sir, let me tell you the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England." Though Boswell makes a slight remonstrance... | |
| Percy Fitzgerald - 1880 - 416 pages
...; for he observed, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. JOHNSON : ' I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England ! ' This unexpected and pointed sally... | |
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