...prospects. JOHNSON : " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has ' noble wild prospects;' and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious 'noble wild...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....

...prospects ; and Lapland " 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 leads him to England."t This unexpected and pointed sally produced what Boswell calls " a roar " of applause ; and...

...prospects. Johnson: "I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild...noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England !" — Boswett. Mrs. Brooke having repeatedly desired Johnson to...

...satirical lance in rest. " I believe, sir. you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; us F F F "An unexpected and pointed sally," Boswell calls it, and rewarded with a roar of applause. It was rather...

...prospects," Johnson replied, " I believe, sir, you have a great many ; Norway, too, has noble wild prospects, and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild...sees, is the high road that leads him to England." Though Boswell makes a slight remonstrance about the " rude grandeur of Nature" as seen in " Caledonia,"...

...gentleman present praising Scotch scenery, Johnson uttered his bitter gibe, " Sir, let me tell you that the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England." In the same month Johnson and Boswell met again at the " Mitre." The latter confessed his nerves were...

...called it, as follows : " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects, and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild...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,...

...descended JOHNSON : "I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild...sees is the high road that leads him to England." Johnson said he had lately been a long while at Lichfiekl, but had grown very weary before he left...

...prospects. " I believe, sir," said Johnson, "you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble, wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious, 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,...

...prospects. " I believe, sir," said Johnson, "you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble, wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious 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. *...