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" Scotch are much handsomer; and that the English are great lovers of themselves, and of everything belonging to them; they think that there are no other men than themselves, and no other world but England; and whenever they see a handsome foreigner, they... "
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by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884
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The Living Age, Volume 331

1926 - 600 pages
...Venetian Ambassador in England, wrote: — The English are great lovers of themselves, and of everything belonging to them. They think that there are no other...foreigner they say that 'he looks like an Englishman,' and that 'it is a pity that he should not be an Englishman.' Antonio Agipida, a Spaniard, writing at about...
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Works of the Camden Society, Volume 37

1847 - 158 pages
...li Scozzesi aono molto piU belli : Et che gl' Inglesi sono molto auwturi di se medcsinji, ct d'ogni other men than themselves, and no other world but...they say that " he looks like an Englishman," and that " it is a great pity that he should not be an Englishman ; " and when they partake of any delicacy...
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign literature [&c ..., Volume 2

1854 - 564 pages
...lovers of themselves, and of every thing belonging to them; they have an antipathy to foreigners ; they think that there are no other men than themselves, and no othet world but England ; and whenever they see a handsome foreigner, they say that ' he looks like...
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The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society ..., Volume 2

Charles Knight - 1857 - 560 pages
...the country ; the natives are very patriotic, and truly not without 4-eason." J The Venetian says, "They think that there are no other men than themselves,...foreigner, they say that he looks like an Englishman." The "lords of human kind " have now, for the most part, absorbed the pride of country into a narrower...
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Titan, Volume 24

1857 - 594 pages
...wrote the 'Relation of England'— says, 'The English are great lovers of themselves, and of everything belonging to them. They think that there are no other...other world but England ; and whenever they see a 364 Titan among the Pictures — An Hour in the Scottish Academy. handsome foreigner, they say that...
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England as Seen by Foreigners in the Days of Elizabeth & James the First ...

William Brenchley Rye, Friedrich I (duke of Würtemberg) - 1865 - 464 pages
...the Scotch are much handsomer, and that the English are great lovers of themselves and of everything belonging to them ; they think that there are no other...they say that ' he looks like an Englishman,' and that ' it is a great pity that he should not be an Englishman ;' and when they partake of any delicacy...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...of England," * in 1500, says : — " The English are great lovers of themselves, and of everything belonging to them. They think that there are no other...world but England ; and, whenever they see a handsome * Printed by the Camden Society. foreigner, they say he looks like an Englishman, and it is a great...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 88

1873 - 824 pages
...that ' the English are great lovers of themselves and of everything belonging to them ; they think there are no other men than themselves, and no other world but England. Whenever they see a handsome foreigner, they say that he looks like an Englishman, and that it is a...
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Philosophy of English Literature: A Course of Lectures Delivered in the ...

John Bascom - 1874 - 348 pages
...equals, and proudly rivals his superiors." A Venetian traveller gives this description of the English : " They think that there are no other men than themselves,...foreigner, they say that he looks like an Englishman." This_ pride, enhanced, doubtless, by the superiority_pf the Norman to the Saxon, was also greatly s^rengthe^nedjy_lh£^...
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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ..., Volume 3

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 504 pages
...Relation of England,"* in 1500, says: "The English are great lovers of themselves, and of everything belonging to them. They think that there are no other...whenever they see a handsome foreigner, they say that he * Printed by the Camden Society. looks like an Englishman, and it is a great pity he should not be...
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