| John Forster - 1854 - 642 pages
...prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for ' prodigious noble wild prospects. But, sir, let me tell yon, the noblest prospect ' which a Scotchman ever sees...England." This unexpected and pointed sally produced what Boswell calls "a roar" of applause ; and even at all this distance of time one seems to hear that... | |
| 1883 - 846 pages
...Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland ia remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects ; but, sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road which leads him to England." It was at this tavern that the idea of the tour to the Hebrides... | |
| John Forster - 1855 - 528 pages
...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 which leads him to England." This unexpected and pointed sally produced what Boswell calls "a roar"... | |
| Lucius Manlius Sargent - 1856 - 368 pages
...Ogilvie, to whose praises of the prospects in Scotland, Dr. Johnson replied, by telling him, that " the noblest prospect, which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road, that leads him to England." The son of this gentleman gave his lectures, in the old Exchange Coffee House, where I heard him, several... | |
| Lucius Manlius Sargent - 1856 - 360 pages
...Ogilvie, to whose praises of the prospects in Scotland, Dr. Johnson replied, by telling him, that " the noblest prospect, which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road, that leads him to England." The son of this gentleman gave his lectures, in the old Exchange Coffee House, where I heard him, several... | |
| James Boswell - 1858 - 482 pages
...prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell yon the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England !" 1 This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause. After all, however, those who admire... | |
| Stories - 1858 - 274 pages
...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 see-, is the high road that leads him to England.' One day, at Sir Joshua's table, when it was related... | |
| James Boswell - 1858 - 464 pages
...to attend to the noble prospect from the Castle-hill, he replied, ' Sir, the noblest prospect that a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to London." This lively sarcasm was thrown out at a tavern in London, in my presence, many years before.... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 478 pages
...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...to England!" "This unexpected and pointed sally," says Boswell, " produced a roar of applause. After all, however" (he adds), "those who admire the rude... | |
| James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...to attend to the noble prospect from the Castle-hill, he replied, " Sir, the noblest prospect that F London." This lively sarcasm was thrown out at a tavern in London, in my presence, many years before.'... | |
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