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... The Eve of the Reformation - Sivu 285tekijä(t) Francis Aiden Gasquet - 1905 - 406 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| 1926 - 600 sivua
...years ago. In 1498 Andrea Trevisano, a shrewd observer and Venetian Ambassador in England, wrote: — The English are great lovers of themselves, and of...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 say... | |
| Charlotte Augusta Sneyd - 1847 - 170 sivua
...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 200 sivua
...city." A much older traveller, the Venetian who wrote the " Eelation of England,"* in 1500, says: — "The English are great lovers of themselves, and of...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 200 sivua
...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...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... | |
| 1857 - 594 sivua
...' Emerson's English Traits' — the Venetian who, in 1600, wrote the 'Relation of England'— says, 'The English are great lovers of themselves, and of...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... | |
| William Brenchley Rye, Friedrich I (duke of Würtemberg) - 1865 - 464 sivua
...was carefully translated and edited by Miss Sneyd for the Camden Society. The Ambassador says that " the English are great lovers of themselves and of...belonging to them ; they think that there are no other men like themselves, and no other world but England ; and whenever they see a handsome foreigner, they... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 sivua
...A much older traveller, the Venetian who wrote the " Relation of England," * in 1500, says : — " The English are great lovers of themselves, and of...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 500 sivua
...the 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...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 504 sivua
...the 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...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... | |
| 1873 - 824 sivua
...to 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... | |
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