 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...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 370by James Boswell - 1824Full view - About this book
 | John Forster - 1854 - 642 pages
...Scotland had a great many noble wild 'prospects." " I believe, sir, " said Johnson, upon this, " yon have a great many. ' Norway, too, has noble wild prospects...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."... | |
 | 1883 - 846 pages
...Johnson said to Ogilvie, in reply to his observation, that Scotland had a great many noble prospects : ' I believe, sir, you have a great many ; Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland ia remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects ; but, sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect... | |
 | John Forster - 1855 - 528 pages
...observed 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...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... | |
 | Stories - 1858 - 274 pages
...for he observed that Scotland bad a great many noble wild prospects. Johnson. — 'I believe, sii', you have a great many; Norway, too, has noble wild...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 478 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,...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.'... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...literature." MR. OGILVIE observed, "that Scotland has a great many noble wild prospects." — Johnson. " I believe, sir, you have a great many ; Norway, too,...prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road tliat leads him to England !" [Mrs. Brooke (Frances Moore, wife of the Rev. Mr. Brooke, chaplain to... | |
 | 1866 - 432 pages
...companv on " the great many noble prospects of Scotland." " True, Sir," replied the Doctor, " I believe you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble, wild...Lapland is remarkable for prodigious, noble, wild prospecta ; but, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high... | |
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