 | Great Britain - 1794 - 892 pages
...ftranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty : yet, with all thefe difadvanujes vantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of...proudeft things alive : — the poor have pride ever to relieve them : — if mankind fhould happen to defpife them, they are matters of their own admiration,... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1794 - 512 pages
...fide) has hitherto jpre- mufjc to cheer the ihanger, or make the inhabitants forget their povetty : —yet, with all thefe difadvantages to call him down...humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudeft things alive. — Ths poor have pride ever ready to relieve them : — -if mankind iliould happen to defpife them,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1801 - 424 pages
...make the inhabitants forget their poverty. Yet with all thefe difadvantages enough to call him do'.vn to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudeft things...admiration ; and that they can plentifully beftow upon themfelves. From their pride and poverty, as I take it, refults one advantage this country enjoys... | |
 | English literature - 1794 - 826 pages
...the natural fize in this poor foil — every part of the country prefents the fame difmal landfcape. No grove nor brook lend their mufic to cheer the ftranger,...is one of the proudeft things alive :—- the poor VOL. XXV. have pride ever to relieve them : — if mankind fhould happen to dcfpife them, they are... | |
 | English literature - 1794 - 802 pages
...cheer the ftranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty : yet, with all thefe diladvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the pioudeft things alive :— the poor VOL. XXV. have pride ever to relieva them : — if mankind ihould... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty. Yet, with all these disadvantages, enough to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things alive. The poor have pride, ever ready to relieve them. If mankind should happen to... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...to a stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty ; — yet, with all these disadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things fclive. The poor have pridf ever to relieve them : — if mankind should happen to... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 418 pages
...the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty : — yet, with all these disadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things alive. The poor have pride ever ready to relieve them : — if mankind should happen... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 404 pages
...cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty:—yet, with all these disadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things alive. The poor have pride ever ready to relieve them : —if mankind should happen... | |
 | Scottish periodicals - 1832 - 952 pages
...— " The Scotchman," he says, (not, dear reader, the newsr<aprr now sa named) is one of the proudest things alive — the poor have pride ever ready to relieve them — if mankind sb.nild happen to despise them they are masters of their o«n admiration, and that they can plentifully... | |
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Yet with all these disadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things alive. The poor have pride ever ready to relieve them. If mankind should happen to despise them, they are masters of their own admiration; and that... 
