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, LL. D. - Página 121por James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 560 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| James Boswell - 1890 - 568 páginas
...Edinburgh. Goldsmith, who had studied physic there, contradicted this, very untruly, with a sneering laugh. Disconcerted a little by this, Mr. Ogilvie...perfectly safe ; for he observed, that Scotland had 4 great many noble wild prospects. JOHNSON : * believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has... | |
| Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 640 páginas
...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,...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England." Here, strangely enough, if Johnson... | |
| Richard Holt Hutton - 1894 - 398 páginas
...in answer to the Scotchman's praise of the " noble, wild prospects " to be found in Scotland : — " I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high-road that leads him to England." But this curious power of Johnson's... | |
| Alexander Nicolas De Menil - 1897 - 572 páginas
...have a great many. t "Letters of Anns Seward written between the years 1784 and 1807." G vols. p. 8vo. Norway, too, has noble, wild prospects, and Lapland...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England." This curious power of Johnson's of... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1898 - 480 páginas
...said, in answer to Boswell's timid suggestion that Scotland had a great many noble wild prospects, " I believe, sir, you have a great many. Norway, too,...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England." hazards; and the poet felt obliged... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 928 páginas
...Edinburgh. Goldsmith, who had studied physic there, contradicted this, very untruly, with a sneering B `Y 8C8dh .J e& b Sh f < L [2 0F 庳\W H vq[ E5y O k |> B1| 104 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the highroad... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 638 páginas
...contradicted this, very untruly, with a sneering laugh. Disconcerted a little by this, Mr. Ogilvie then took new ground, where, I suppose, he thought himself perfectly...Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England ! " This unexpected and pointed sally... | |
| 1900 - 674 páginas
...of Boswell's, who claimed for his country a great many " noble wild prospects," Johnson replied, " I believe, sir, you have a great many, Norway, too,...sir, let me tell you the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England." Though Boswell makes a slight remonstrance... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1900 - 280 páginas
...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...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England." ' This unexpected and pointed sally... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 724 páginas
...of Boswell's, who claimed for his country a great many " noble wild prospects," Johnson replied, " I believe, sir, you have a great many, Norway, too,...sir, let me tell you the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England." Though Boswell makes a slight remonstrance... | |
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