 The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride. True is the charge ; nor by themselves denied. Are they not, then, in strictest reason clear, Who wisely come to mend their fortunes here?  The Waverley Novels - Seite 153von Walter Scott - 1860Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Clara Linklater Thomson - 1914 - 82 Seiten
...manner of Gay, and sneering at all the fellow-countrymen of Bute, whether peasants or statesmen: " ' The Scots are poor,' cries surly English pride; True...clear, Who wisely come to mend their fortunes here ?" Their country is bleak and barren, and the poet goes on to represent two shepherds, Jockey and Sandy,... | |
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