...Wonder which remains is at our Pride, To value that which all wife Men deride. For Englishmen to boaft of Generation, Cancels their Knowledge,, and Lampoons...Nation, A True-Born Englishman's a Contradiction, |n Speech an Irony, in Faft a Fi&ion. A Banter made to be a teft of Fools., Which thofe that ufe it...

...illustration : " To ride the city hone, and wear the chain." Reformation of Manners. " A true-barn Englishman's a contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction; A metaphor, invented to express A man akin to all the universe ! " And he sums up all with the axiom...

...value that which all wise men deride ; For Englishmen to boast of generation, Cancels theirknowledge, and lampoons the nation A True-Born Englishman's a...fiction, A banter made to be a test of fools, Which those who use it justly ridicules; A metaphor, invented to express A man a-kin to all the universe. For as...

...Who, joined with Norman-French, compound the breed From whence your true-born Englishmen proceed. " The wonder which remains is at our pride, To value...Cancels their knowledge, and lampoons the nation. A true-lorn Englishman's a contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction ; A banter made to be...

...Saxon all unite : And these the mixture have so close pursued, The very name and memory's subdued ; No Roman now, no Briton does remain ; Wales strove...and lampoons the nation, A true-born Englishman's a.contradietion, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction : A banter made to be a test of fools, Which...

...our heralds to declare 'l'eu lumiliea which English-Saxon are.' 14 Wherefore, he goes on to say — 4 A True-born Englishman's a contradiction — In speech an irony, in fact a fiction ; A metaphor invented to express A man «kin to all the universe.' From thus exploring the origin of the...

...all our heralds to declare Ten families which English-Saxon are.' Wherefore, he goes on to say — ' A True-born Englishman's a contradiction — In speech an irony, in fact a fiction ; A metaphor invented to express A man akin to all the universe.' From thus exploring the origin of the...

...cry of the day, " A True-born Englishman," or as we now should say, England for the English ; nay— "A TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN'S a contradiction: In speech an irony, in fact a fiction ; A metaphor, invented to express A man akin to all the universe." And he tells us, moreover, that if we...

...of the day, " A True-born Englishman," or as we now should say, England for the English ; nay — ' A TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN'S a contradiction : In speech an irony, in fact a fiction ; A metaphor, invented to express A man akin to all the universe." And he tells us, moreover, that, if...

...admitted there is no " want of national character," though Defoe's description is still exact, — " A true-born Englishman's a contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction." In short, separatism is not patriotism, any more than federalism is cosmopolitanism. Perhaps national...