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" 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.. - Page 80
by James Boswell - 1820 - 178 pages
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Cyclopędia of Literary and Scientific Anecdote: Illustrations of the ...

William Keddie - Literature - 1854 - 400 pages
...grand scenery, that Scotland had a great many wild prospects. "Yes, sir," said Johnson, " I believe you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild...sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotsman ever sees is the high road that leads him to London." " I admit," rejoined Ogilvie, " that...
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The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1

John Forster - 1854 - 642 pages
...Scotland had a great many noble wild 'prospects." " I believe, sir, " said Johnson, upon this, " yon have a great many. ' Norway, too, has noble wild prospects...prodigious noble wild prospects. But, sir, let me tell yon, the noblest prospect ' which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England."...
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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, Volume 60

1883 - 846 pages
...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, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland ia remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects ; but, sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect...
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The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1

John Forster - 1854 - 512 pages
...this, ' Mr. Ogilvie then took new grounds, where, I suppose, he thought himself ' perfectly safe ; for he 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 prospects...
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The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1855 - 528 pages
...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...prospect which a Scotchman ever sees "is the high road which leads him to England." This unexpected and pointed sally produced what Boswell calls "a roar"...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1858 - 482 pages
...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...prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell yon the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England !"...
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Stories for single gentlemen

Stories - 1858 - 274 pages
...for he observed that Scotland bad a great many noble wild prospects. Johnson. — 'I believe, sii', you have a great many; Norway, too, has noble wild...tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever see-, is the high road that leads him to England.' One day, at Sir Joshua's table, when it was related...
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Scraps. [An anthology, ed.] by H. Jenkins

esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...richest author that ever grazed the common of literature." MR. OGILVIE observed, "that Scotland has a great many noble wild prospects." — Johnson. "...prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road tliat leads him to England !" [Mrs. Brooke (Frances Moore, wife of the Rev. Mr. Brooke, chaplain to...
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Saturday Reader, Volume 2

1866 - 432 pages
...companv on " the great many noble prospects of Scotland." " True, Sir," replied the Doctor, " I believe you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble, wild...Lapland is remarkable for prodigious, noble, wild prospecta ; but, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high...
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The Christian world magazine (and family visitor)., Volume 10

1874 - 968 pages
...experienced." It was there the " Tour to the Hebrides " was planned. It was there Dr. Johnaon said, " Let me tell you the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road which leads him to England." At the " Rainbow Tavern " the wits went to drink coffee. It was the second...
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