Boswell: "There," said I, "is a mountain like a cone." "no sir," said he [Johnson). "it is indeed pointed at the top but one side of it is much longer than the other." Another Mountain I called "immense." "No," said he, "but 'tis a considerable protuberance.


Journal of a Tour of the Herbrides (p. 107), The Viking Press. 1936

James Boswell Quotes

Boswell: There, said I, is a mountain like a cone. no sir, said he [Johnson). it is indeed pointed at the top but one side of it is much longer than...

Boswell: There, said I, is a mountain like a cone. no sir, said he [Johnson). it is indeed pointed at the top but one side of it is much longer than...

Boswell: There, said I, is a mountain like a cone. no sir, said he [Johnson). it is indeed pointed at the top but one side of it is much longer than...

Boswell: There, said I, is a mountain like a cone. no sir, said he [Johnson). it is indeed pointed at the top but one side of it is much longer than...