 For Englishmen to boast of generation Cancels their knowledge, and lampoons the nation. A True-born Englishman's a contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction, A banter made to be a test of fools, Which those that use it justly ridicules, A metaphor...  The true-born Englishman: a satire [in verse]. - Halaman 8oleh Daniel Defoe - 1835Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | 1900 - 736 halaman
...All our superior qualities to-day are due to civilization and not to ridiculous Anglo-Saxon origin. " 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. • *»»»»»• Forgetting that themselves... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1903 - 328 halaman
...to boast of generation Cancels their knowledge and lampoons the nation. A true-born Englishman 'sa contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction ; A banter made to be a test to fools, Which those that use it justly ridicules ; A metaphor invented to express A man akin to all... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, Howard Maynadier - 1904 - 610 halaman
...to boast of generation Cancels their knowledge and lampoons the nation. A true-born Englishman 'sa contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction ; A banter made to be a test to fools, Which those that use it justly ridicules ; A metaphor invented to express A man akin to all... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1903 - 610 halaman
...to boast of generation Cancels their knowledge and lampoons the nation. A true-born Englishman 'sa contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction ; A banter made to be a test to fools, Which those that use it justly ridicules ; A metaphor invented to express A man akin to all... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1904 - 342 halaman
...to boast of generation Cancels their knowledge and lampoons the nation. A true-born Englishman 'sa contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction ; A banter made to be a test to fools, Which those that use it justly ridicules ; A metaphor invented to express A man akin to all... | |
 | Andrew Stevenson - 1904 - 36 halaman
...alleged Anglo-Saxon origin is well shown in Daniel Defoe's description of a " true-born Englishman." A true-born Englishman's a contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction. . . . These are the heroes that despise the Dutch And rail at new-come foreigners so much; Forgetting... | |
 | Friends General Conference (U.S.). General Conference - 1904 - 492 halaman
...alleged Anglo-Saxon origin is well shown in Daniel Defoe's description of a "true-born Englishman." A true-born Englishman's a contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction. ... These are the heroes that despise the Dutch And rail at new-come foreigners so much ; Forgetting... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1905 - 332 halaman
...to boast of generation Cancels their knowledge and lampoons the nation. A true-born Englishman 'sa contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction ; A banter made to be a test to fools, Which those that use it justly ridicules ; A metaphor invented to express A man akin to all... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1905 - 666 halaman
...were a homogeneous race.' That paper humorously cites Defoe's ' True-Born Englishman' of his day : " ' 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. ******** Forgetting that themselves are... | |
 | Solomon Levy - 1907 - 204 halaman
...True-born Englishman." " Thus from a mixture of all kinds, began That het'rogeneous thing, an Englishman. A true-born Englishman's a contradiction ; In speech...A banter, made to be a test of fools, Which those that use it justly ridicules; A metaphor, invented to express A man akin to all the universe." And... | |
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