 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
 | Authors, English - 1880 - 556 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 858 pages
...tremendous Johnson came swooping down upon him with his satirical lance in rest. " 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." "An unexpected and pointed sally,"... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - Anecdotes - 1882 - 638 pages
...wild prospects. Johnson thereupon "tossed him," as Boswell called it, as follows : " 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 highroad that leads him to England ! " Lord Eldon's answer to Boswell, who... | |
 | James Macaulay - Biography & Autobiography - 1884 - 164 pages
...safe in saying that Scotland had a great many noble, wild prospects. " I believe, sir," said Johnson, "you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble, wild...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman can see is the high road that leads him to England," a sally which set all the company in... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - English wit and humor - 1884 - 288 pages
...country, which, he remarked, had a great many noble, wild prospects. " I believe, sir," said Johnson, "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." Signs of the Times. Somebody, lamenting... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. Upon this descended 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." Johnson said he had lately been a... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1884 - 742 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... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - English literature - 1884 - 536 pages
...that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects, will perhaps bear repetition : " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild...prospects. But, sir, let me tell you the noblest prospect a Scotchman ever sees is the highroad that leads him to England." He lost no opportunity of exercising... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Artists - 1887 - 632 pages
...Ogilvie observed that Scotland had a great many noble, wild prospects. "I believe, sir," said Johnson, "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 which leads him to England." Speaking of a certain friend, Johnson... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 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 a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England ! " ' Boswell's Life ofJohnson,... | |
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