 Some French writers have represented this diversion of the common people much to our disadvantage, and imputed it to natural fierceness and cruelty of temper ; as they do some other entertainments peculiar to our nation : I mean those elegant diversions...  Londoniana - Σελίδα 84των Edward Walford - 1879Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 572 σελίδες
...a custom, which makes us appear barbarous to nations much more rude and unpolished than ourselves. Some French writers have represented this diversion...people much to our disadvantage, and imputed it to natural fierceness and cruelty of temper ; as" they do some other entertainments peculiar to our nation... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 450 σελίδες
...a custom, which makes us appear barbarous to nations much more rude and unpolished than ourselves. Some French writers have represented this diversion...people much to our disadvantage, and imputed it to natural fierceness and cruelty of temper; as they do some other entertainments peculiar to our nation... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 σελίδες
...a custom, which makes us appear barbarous to nations much more rude and unpolished than ourselves. Some French writers have represented this diversion...people much to our disadvantage, and imputed it to natural fierceness and cruelty of temper ; as they do some other entertainments peculiar to our nation... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 348 σελίδες
...a custom, which makes us appear barbarous to nations much more rude and unpolished than ourselves. Some French writers have represented this diversion...people much to our disadvantage, and imputed it to natural fierceness and cruelty of temper ; as they do some other entertainments peculiar to our nation:... | |
 | 1822 - 488 σελίδες
...or herdsman. Ksempferi Amcenit. Exotic, p. 12, and p. 70, 1712, 4to. No. 134. THE TATLER. 117 ments peculiar to our nation : I mean those elegant diversions...the like ingenious recreations of the Bear-garden 8. I wish I knew how to answer this reproach which is cast upon us, and excuse the death of so many... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 410 σελίδες
...writers have represented this diversion of the common people much to our disadvantage, and imputed it to natural fierceness and cruelty of temper ; as they...to our nation : I mean those elegant diversions of bull-bating and prizefighting, with the like ingenious recreations of the bear-garden. I wish I knew... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 414 σελίδες
...a custom, which makes us appear barbarous to nations much more rude and un polished than ourselves. Some French writers have represented this diversion...people much to our disadvantage, and imputed it to natural fierceness and cruelty of temper ; as they do some other entertainments peculiar to our nation... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 332 σελίδες
...a custom, which makes us appear barbarous to nations much more rude and unpolished than ourselves. Some French writers have represented this diversion...people much to our disadvantage, and imputed it to natural fierceness and cruelty of temper ; as they do some other entertainments peculiar to our nation... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 862 σελίδες
...a custom, which makes us appear barbarous to nations much more rude and unpolished than ourselves. Some French writers have represented this diversion...people much to our disadvantage, and imputed it to natural fierceness and cruelty of temper ; as they do some other entertainments peculiar to our nation... | |
 | 1829 - 804 σελίδες
...a custom, which makes us appear barbarous to nations much more rude aud unpolished than ourselves. Some French writers have represented this diversion...people much to our disadvantage, and imputed it to natural fierceness and cruelty of temper ; as they do some other entertainments peculiar to our nation:... | |
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