 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...himself perfectly safe ; for he observed, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. JOHNSON. " I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...sees, is the high road that leads him to England!" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause. After all, however, those, who admire... | |
 | 1874 - 588 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,...sees is the high road that leads him to England!" "This unexpected and pointed sally," says Boswell, " produced a roar of applause. After all, however... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...will rise up, and, claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system." JOHNSON : " I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high-road that leads him to England !" That is the best joke the Doctor has yet passed in our hearing:... | |
 | Alexander Main - Literary Criticism - 1874 - 482 pages
...took refuge in the undeniable wild glories of the " land of the mountain and the flood." JOHNSON : " I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high-road that leads him to England ! " That is the best joke the Doctor has yet passed in our hearing... | |
 | 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
...Rochefoucault's maximi. 6. Mr. Ogilvie observed, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. Johnson. >I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...sees, is the high road that leads him to England«. 8. We spoke of Rolt, to whose 'Dictionary of Commerce' Dr. Johnson wrote the preface. Johnson. »Old... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1876 - 622 pages
...perfectly safe ; for he observed, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. JOHNSON : " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high-road that leads him to England !" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.... | |
 | 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 - 348 pages
...himself perfectly safe ; for he observed that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. Johnson: "I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England !"—Boswett. Mrs. Brooke having repeatedly desired Johnson to... | |
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - Authors, English - 1879 - 216 pages
...of Boswell's, 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 prospects j and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, sir, let me tell you the noblest... | |
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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... 
