...ago. In 1498 Andrea Trevisano, a shrewd observer and Venetian Ambassador in England, wrote: — The English are great lovers of themselves, and of everything...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...

...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...

...understood from persons acquainted with these countries, that 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 putiene aîia Scotia, cosí Angle«a appar- 6 cultivationo : e per tutto sorge grandi»""' tiene a...

...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...

...Emerson's English Traits' — the Venetian who, in 1600, wrote the 'Relation of England'— says, 'The English are great lovers of themselves, and of everything...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...

...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...

...much older traveller, the Venetian who wrote the " Relation of England," * in 1500, says : — " The English are great lovers of themselves, and of everything...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...

...provide an entertainment for a person than a groat to assist him in any distress,' 18 and 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...

...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£^...

...city." A much older traveller, the Venetian who wrote the " Relation of England,"* in 1500, says: "The English are great lovers of themselves, and of everything...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...