...and with men who, like Smith, had anticipated his advice by coming south: The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England.14'' Johnson was impatient to meet people he was unlikely to come across, to find common AGE...

...unacknowledged, alien: perhaps from just too far north for a man who had famously remarked: 'The noblest prospect a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England.' Discerning North and South between 1750 and 1830 is much like reading The Dictionary. It...

...midst of some friendly banter about travel in the British Isles, remarked, "The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England." And that James McNeill Whistler, when Oscar Wilde exclaimed "I wish I'd said that," in appreciation...

...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 England. Boats Members [of civil service orders] rise from CMG (known sometimes in Whitehall as 'Call...

...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 England!" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause. After all, however, those...

...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 England.' - Samuel Johnson, 1763 'Into our places, states and beds they creep;/They've sense to get...