 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.  A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - 192 ページSamuel Johnson 著 - 1775 - 268 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Gordon Willoughby James Gyll - 1860 - 412 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie - 1880 - 768 ページ
...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 own narrative... | |
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