...environ the sea. (A political poem of the 1430s) Source K The English are great lovers of themselves. They think that there are no other men than themselves and no other world but England. Whenever they see a handsome foreigner they say 'he looks like an Englishman'. They do not like foreigners....

...people with a special destiny. After all it was as long ago as 1500 that an Italian visitor said that 'they think that there are no other men than themselves and no other world than England'. There are many explanations for the sense of superiority that the British, and particularly...

...great lovers of themselves and of everything belonging to them. They think there are no other men like themselves and no other world but England and whenever they see a handsome foreigner, they say he looks like an Englishman and it is a great pity he should not be an Englishman and whenever they...

...continued: '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...handsome foreigner, they say that "he looks like an Englishman".'1 Such sentiments do not appear in English writings of the period, which were seldom aimed...

...all but lost, could still report that 'the English are great lovers of themselves and of everything belonging to them. They think that there are no other...than themselves, and no other world but England; and when they see a handsome foreigner they say that "he looks like an Englishman-, and that "it is a great...

...all but lost, could still report 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 bul England; and when they see a handsome foreigner they say that "he looks like an Englishman", and...

...remarked on. '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', wrote the Venetian Ambassador in 1497. 5 'The (English) people are bold, courageous, ardent, and cruel...

...determined self-referentiality of the English, for: [they 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 great pity that he should not be an Englishman"; and when they partake of any delicacy...

...themselves, and of everything belonging to them," complained a Venetian visitor in about the year 1500; "they think that there are no other men than themselves, and no other world but England." 36 "God hath given us a world of our own, wherein there is nothing wanting to earthly contentment,"...

...belonging to them. They think that there are no other men like 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 great pity he should not be an Englishman; and when they set any delicacy before a foreigner...