 | Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann, Robert John Weston Evans - 2000 - 268 sivua
...allowed the English to be 'great lovers of themselves and of everythmg belongmg to them: they thmk there are no other men but themselves, and no other world but England'." An Englishwoman, visiting the Rhineland, bridled at being called a foreigner. 'No', she retorted, "tis... | |
 | Michael Wyatt - 2005 - 404 sivua
...sounds a note that he repeats elsewhere, the 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 men than themselves, and no other world but England; and whenever they see a handsome foreigner, they say... | |
 | Virginia M. Fellows - 2006 - 383 sivua
...many have tried. In 1497 the Venetian ambassador to the queen's court wrote in apparent frustration: 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 Whenever they see a handsome foreigner, they say that... | |
 | Trevor Male - 2006 - 144 sivua
...The second aspect is that ineffable sense of superiority. The Venetian ambassador reported in 1497: "The English are 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". My study of the field of national... | |
 | Robert Appelbaum - 2008 - 399 sivua
...national/ethnic purity become increasingly adamant and even shrill over the course of the centuries. "The English are great lovers of 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... | |
 | Society for Army Historical Research (London, England) - 1921 - 628 sivua
...or Reporter, in I4<j*. for the information of Andrea Trevisano, the Venetian Ambassador in England. "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 a handsome foreigner thev say that... | |
 | 200 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...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... | |
 | 644 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...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... | |
 | 1897 - 412 sivua
...The earliest account of England from outside is that of a Venetian Ambassador in 1497, who says: — "The English are great lovers of themselves and of...everything belonging to them. They think that there are no men like themselves and no other world but England ; and whenever they see a handsome foreigner they... | |
 | THE REV. THOMAS MILNER - 1853 - 886 sivua
...in the opinion of foreigners, is still prominent in their descendants: — "The English," says he, "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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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... 
