 | 1860 - 660 trang
...the union of the crowns in 1807. "A Scotchman," says Dr. Johnson, " must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth : he will always love it better than inquiry ; and, if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it." The remark, for any thing we... | |
 | Gordon Willoughby James Gyll - 1860 - 412 trang
...patriotically wrote to please their countrymen ; as Dr. Johnson remarked of Scotchmen, saying a Scotchman loves Scotland better than truth, he will always love it better than inquiry, and if falsehood flatters his vanity he will not be very diligent to detect it. The Eugubian tables were thought... | |
 | Gordon Willoughby James Gyll - 1862 - 350 trang
...and it brings to mind Dr. Johnson's remark, in his Tour to the Hebrides, " that a Scotchman loves' Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it better than inquiry, and if falsehood flatters his vanity he will not be very diligent to detect it." This may be predicated of... | |
 | Archibald MacNeill - 1868 - 88 trang
...seduced by their fondness for their supposed ancestors. A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it better than inquiry, and, if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it." This rude attack roused Macpherson,... | |
 | Archibald MacNeill - 1868 - 88 trang
...seduced by their fondness for their supposed ancestors. A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth; he will always love it better than inquiry, and, if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it." * See BoswelTs Johnson, 6th... | |
 | 1869 - 312 trang
...Royal Society. Dr Johnson, indeed, is of opinion that " a Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who does not love Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it," he says, " better than inquiry; and if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1870 - 1344 trang
...they are seduced by their fondness for their supposed ancestors. A Scotsman must be a sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth : he will always love it better than inquiry, und, if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it." — Tour to the Nebritles.... | |
 | 1871 - 632 trang
...their fondness for their supposed ancestors. A Scotchman," he said, "must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it better than inquiry ; and if falsehood flatters his vanity, he will not be very diligent to detect it." Macphersou's reply to this... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - 1876 - 356 trang
...seduced by their fondness for their supposed ancestors. A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it better than inquiry, and, if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it." 1 It is written that " the... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - 1876 - 356 trang
...seduced by their fondness for their supposed ancestors. A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it better than inquiry, and, if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it." 1 It is written that " the... | |
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A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who does not love Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it better than inquiry : and if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it. 
