 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...  Johnsoniana.. - Página 80por James Boswell - 1820 - 178 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 páginas
...great many noble wild prospects. Johnson thereupon "tossed him," as Boswell called it, as follows : " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the highroad that leads him to England ! " Lord Eldon's answer to Boswell, who asked him to define taste,... | |
 | Enchiridion - 1884 - 288 páginas
...country, which, he remarked, had a great many noble, wild prospects. " I believe, sir," said Johnson, "you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble, wild...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England." Signs of the Times. Somebody, lamenting the state of the country,... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - 1884 - 536 páginas
...observation, that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects, will perhaps bear repetition : " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...prospects. But, sir, let me tell you the noblest prospect a Scotchman ever sees is the highroad that leads him to England." He lost no opportunity of exercising... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 164 páginas
...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...me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman can see is the high road that leads him to England," a sally which set all the company in a roar. *... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 páginas
...Somewhat disconcerted, Mr. Ogilvie then took new ground, where he probably thought himself perfectly safe; for he observed that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects. Upon this descended JOHNSON : "I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects... | |
 | Samuel Andrews (M.A.) - 1884 - 312 páginas
...— the many noble ' prospects ' (fine views) which one could have in it — Johnson replied, ' Sir, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road to England.' The national prejudice was sometimes expressed with an extravagance in which there was... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 490 páginas
...by this, Mr. Ogilvie then took a new ground, where, I suppose, he thought himself perfectly safe ; for he observed, that Scotland had a great many noble...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.... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 632 páginas
...Ogilvie observed that Scotland had a great many noble, wild prospects. "I believe, sir," said Johnson, "you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble, wild...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road which leads him to England." Speaking of a certain friend, Johnson remarked : " He was always... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 356 páginas
...little by this, Mr. Ogilvie then took new ground where, I suppose, he thought himself perfectly safe ; for he observed that Scotland had a great many noble...me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England ! " ' Boswell's Life efjohnsm, \.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 360 páginas
...little by this, Mr. Ogilvie then took new ground where, I suppose, he thought himself perfectly safe; for he observed that Scotland had a great many noble...But Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which 256 a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England ! " ' Bosweii-s Life of j<,/uum,... | |
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