 | Archibald MacNeill - 1868 - 88 pages
...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... | |
 | Archibald MacNeill - 1868 - 88 pages
...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... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1869 - 312 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | 1871 - 632 pages
...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... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - Highlands (Scotland) - 1876 - 356 pages
...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... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - Civilization, Celtic, in literature - 1876 - 356 pages
...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... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie - 1880 - 768 pages
...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." Macpherson's... | |
 | Clans - 1880 - 500 pages
...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." Macpherson's... | |
 | James Hay - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 - 1884 - 376 pages
...caught young. — Life. April 19, Collectanea, 1772. A Scotchman must be a very sturdy ""'m 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. — Journey... | |
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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. 
