 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. [With] The principal corrections and additions ... - Página 356por James Boswell - 1822Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 544 páginas
...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 Hay - 1884 - 376 páginas
...to diffuse civility and happiness. — Life. April 7, 1778. A Nobie Pros- The noblest prospect that a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to London. — Life. July 6, 1763. The wudom of Providence has given no man ability to do much, that something... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1888 - 496 páginas
...Scotland had " many noble wild prospects." " I believe, sir, you have a great many," said Johnson. "Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland...ever sees is the high road that leads him to England ! " which produced most roots and fruits, and the water that which contained most fish. A pig or a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 356 páginas
...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,...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
...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,...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,... | |
 | 1889 - 102 páginas
...and parcel of her very atmosphere. Remember, my countrymen, it was an English growler who said that " The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England." Though said in earnest and in irony this was never true, and, from both the facts and circumstances... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1889 - 296 páginas
...the scenery of the Highlands as dismal and hideous. Johnson, we know, laid it down as an axiom that " the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England "—a saying which throws much doubt on his distinction that the Giant's Causeway was "worth seeing... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 558 páginas
...desired to attend to the noble prospect from the Castlehill, 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 - 1889 - 480 páginas
...desired to attend to the noble prospect from the Castlehill, 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.... | |
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