...The English are, for the most part, both men and women of all ages, handsome and well-proportioned ; though not quite so much so, in my opinion, as it...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...

...part, both men and women of all agCN, handsome and well-proportioned ; though not quite so mueh so, iu my opinion, as it had been asserted to me, before...everything belonging to them ; they think that there are no partione alia Scotia, cos, Anglesia appartiene a Wallia, la quale e tanta foconda, et abondante d'...

...lovers of themselves, and of every thing belonging to them; they have an antipathy to foreigners ; they think that there are no other men than themselves, and no othet world but England ; and whenever they see a handsome foreigner, they say that ' he looks like...

...' Emerson's English Traits' — the Venetian who, in 1600, wrote the 'Relation of England'— says, 'The English are great lovers of themselves, and of...other world but England ; and whenever they see a 364 Titan among the Pictures — An Hour in the Scottish Academy. handsome foreigner, they say that...

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...work was carefully translated and edited by Miss Sneyd for the Camden Society. The Ambassador says that " the English are great lovers of themselves...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...

...six ducats 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...

...braggadocio, quoting as quite apposite what was written nearly three centuries ago by a Venetian traveler : " 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." Speaking in his own person,...

...traveller who wrote the "Relation of England," in I.I00, nearly four centuries ago, says: "The English arc great lovers of themselves and of everything belonging...and no other world but England; and whenever they sec a handsome foreigner they say he looks like an Englishman, and it is a great pity he should not...

...possessions. The earliest account of England from outside is that of a Venetian ambassador in 1497. He says: '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 say...