...the least amiable comment, though who shall say it is wholly undeserved ? "A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who does not love Scotland better...always love it better than inquiry, and if falsehood flatter, his vanity will not be very diligent to detect it." Lastly, let me quote a passage which is...

...fiction: they are seduced by their fondness for their supposed ancestors. A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who does not love Scotland better...English to be much influenced by Scotch authority; for the past and present state of the whole Erse nation, the lowlanders are at least as ignorant as ourselves....

...ieduced by their fondnefs for their fuppofed ancedors. A Scotchman muff, be a very furdy mtraliji, who does not love Scotland better than truth : he will always love it better than inquiry; and if fa I fe hood flutters his vanity, will not !><• very diligent to detect it. Neither ought the English...

...their fondnefs for their fuppofed »aceôon. A Scotchman muft be a very ßardy foräftß, who docs not love Scotland better than truth : he will always love it better than inquiry; and if falfehood natters bit талпу, will not be very diligent to deleft к. Neither ought the Engliih...

...fcduced by their fondnefs for their fuppofed anccitors. A Scotchman muft be a very fturdy moralilt, who does not love Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it better than enquiry ; and, if falfehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to deteilt it. Neither ought...