 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.. - Страница 80по James Boswell - 1820 - 178 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 578 страници
...little 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.... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - 1913 - 404 страници
...Johnsonian gibes, insisting that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects, Johnson retorted : " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotsman ever sees is the highroad which leads him to England." There must have been a spirit of mischief... | |
 | Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley - 1914 - 122 страници
...in conversation with a patriotic Scot, who was extolling the beauties of his native land, replied, " Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect, which a Scotchman ever sees, is the highroad that leads him to England," the worthy Boswell, with true national pride, inclined to the... | |
 | Nellie Elfa Turner - 1915 - 536 страници
..."Norway, too, has noble wild prospects, and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. 5 But, sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the highroad that leads him to England." 23. Samuel Johnson, a famous English author (1709-1784), the compiler... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 964 страници
...this, Mr. Ogilvie then took a new ground, [1230 where, I suppose, he thought himself perfectly safe; fifty-score strong, Great-hearted gentlemen, singing...Kentish and loyalists, keep we not here, CHO. — [1240 to England!" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause. After all, however,... | |
 | 1916 - 792 страници
...influence in England in the eighteenth century. J Cf. Pope's Eftistlc to Dr. Arbuthnot, p. 288, above , at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them...has, not without difficulty and sorrow, fed them up high-road that leads him to England !" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 страници
...little by this, Mr. Ogilvie then took a new ground, where, I suppose, he thought himself perfectly safe; incing, while they thought of dining; Tho' equal to...for all things unfit; Ɲ ŀ 0 1 Dictionnaire historique et critique (1696) by Pierre Bayle, a French philosopher and critic; especially... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 страници
...by this, Mr. Ogilvie then took a new ground, where, I suppose, he thought himself perfectly safe ; 1 Dictionnaire historique.et critique (1696) by Pierre Bayle, a French philosopher and critic; especially... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 страници
...little 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...prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 страници
...little by this, Mr. Ogilvie then took a new ground, where, I suppose, he thought himself perfectly safe; virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through 1 Dictionnaire historique et critique (1696) by Pierre Bayle, a French philosopher and critic; especially... | |
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