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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,... "
England as Seen by Foreigners in the Days of Elizabeth & James the First ... - Page 265
by William Brenchley Rye, Friedrich I (duke of Würtemberg) - 1865 - 300 pages
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The Living Age, Volume 331

1926 - 600 pages
...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...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 this time,...
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A Relation, Or Rather a True Account, of the Island of England: With Sundry ...

Charlotte Augusta Sneyd - 1847 - 170 pages
...Inglesi sono cho amen« ivbc, o pnterie granOui"" molt« amatori di н medegimi, et d'ogni other men than themselves, and no other world but England ; and whenever...is a great pity that he should not be an Englishman ; " and when they partake of any delicacy with a foreigner, they ask him, " whether such a thing is...
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign literature [&c ..., Volume 2

1854 - 564 pages
...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...a great pity that he should not be an Englishman;' and when they partake of any delicacy with a foreigner, they ask him, ' whether such a thing is made...
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English Traits

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 200 pages
...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,...foreigner, they say that he looks like an Englishman, and it is a great pity he should not be an Englishman ; and whenever they partake of any delicacy with...
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The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society ..., Volume 2

Charles Knight - 1857 - 560 pages
...patriotic, and truly not without 4-eason." J The Venetian says, "They think that there are no other men than themselves, and no other world but England; and whenever...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
...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 364 Titan among the Pictures — An Hour in the Scottish Academy. handsome foreigner, they say that...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...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 * Printed by the Camden Society. foreigner, they say he looks like an Englishman, and it is a great...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 504 pages
...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,...foreigner, they say that he looks like an Englishman, and it is a great pity he should not be an Englishman ; and whenever they partake of any delicacy with...
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Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 500 pages
...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...foreigner, they say that he looks like an Englishman, and it is a great pity he should not be an Englishman ; and whenever they partake of any delicacy with...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 88

1873 - 824 pages
...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...a great pity that he should not be an Englishman.' To do justice to the wisdom, mercy, and policy of this reign, in which the whole subsequent grandeur...
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