 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
 | Edward Manson - Judges - 1904 - 538 pages
...Johnson that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects, the doctor 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"—a sally, says Boswell, greeted with... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1904 - 294 pages
...to Boswell's timid suggestion that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects, "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." One reason for the change of taste... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pages
...great many noble wild prospects. JOHNSON. 1763] A SCOTCHMAN'S NOBLEST PROSPECT 285 ' I believe, Sir, anner he should conduct himself upon that occasion : ' I know not (said Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England ! ' This unexpected and pointed sally... | |
 | Holland Society of New York - Dutch - 1905 - 406 pages
...great many noble, wild prospects." Hereupon Johnson took poor Mr. Ogilvie in hand: "I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble, wild...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a 1 88 Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England!" (Laughter and applause.) As you... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1905 - 870 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 which leads to England." This sturdy antipathy to Scotland and... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - Wit and humor - 1905 - 316 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." Boswell said that " drinking drives... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English prose literature - 1909 - 574 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!" This unexpected and pointed sally... | |
 | John Churton Collins - English literature - 1912 - 310 pages
...from his mouth. At last he broke out : " I believe, sir, you have a great many noble wild prospects. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects, and Lapland...sir, let me tell you the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England ! " t Weaknesses of course they were;... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - English wit and humor - 1913 - 404 pages
...insisting that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects, Johnson retorted : " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild...noblest prospect which a Scotsman ever sees is the highroad which leads him to England." There must have been a spirit of mischief in Johnson which made... | |
 | James Boswell - Readers - 1916 - 370 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!" This unexpected and pointed sally... | |
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