 | William Keddie - Literature - 1854 - 400 pages
...grand scenery, that Scotland had a great many wild prospects. "Yes, sir," said Johnson, " I believe you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotsman ever sees is the high road that leads him to London." " I admit," rejoined Ogilvie, " that... | |
 | 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 - Death - 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 - Death - 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1858 - 482 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,...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 !"... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1860 - 496 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,...ever 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... | |
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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... 
