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Article NATIONAL CHARACTERS. ← Page 2 of 2 Article A SATYRICAL HARANGUE, Page 1 of 2 →
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National Characters.
A German is ever studious in the secrets of nature , indefatigable in his pursuits after chymistry , and as indefatigable in drinking . The Dutch are pack-horses in trade , who plod on ijj . one track ; strangers to the sweets of a scientific life , and disregarding the nice works of genius and art . The Italians are revengeful by nature , and politicians by habit . The Portuguese insincere and bigots .
Now , if I Avere to ask an impartial observer of us , which of these characters were most like our OAvn ; he would say , he had seen an Englishman act all but the last . Are not my countrymen as fond of tobacco as the Turks ? Will they not sit as many hours smoking as any Mahometan ? and will they not be as much misled by common mistresses at a bagnio , as any
turban-wearer in his seraglio ? Will they not , like Arabs , neglect their families for hunting-matches ? and do they not value their horses more than their wiA'es ? Are they not , like Frenchmen , self-lovers , vain of dress ; and great talkers of their success with Avomen ? Like Spaniards , they are brave , faithful , patient , and have
constitutions capable of enduring the most extreme fatigues ; are romantic in their projects , and will rush into dangers for the sake of glory . They are as curious as Germans in prying into the first workings of creation ; and as to drinking , I believe they'll take the field against any nation . Yet Ave are as great drudges in trade as Dutchmenalmost as
re-, vengeful as Italians , and as to our being politicians , mercy upon us ! but what nation , except ours , could or would support such a number of neAvspapers , loaded with acrimonious altercations and political common place ? ¦ TANTARABOBUS .
A Satyrical Harangue,
A SATYRICAL HARANGUE ,
DELIVERED LATELY BY A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN THE CHARACTER OF A PEDLAR .,
GENTLEMEN AND LADIES , T AM an itinerant merchant , who make . a trading V 03 age from town to A toAvn , and from street to street : and as for mygimcracks here , I sell them cheap enough : you . shall have them for a laugh , but then I neA'er give credit . Here is a purse to hold honesty ; it is worn , with simplicitand plain-dealing little out of fashion I must confessbut not
y , a , the worse for wear . I need not tell you how much it is wanted b y stewards , overseers , custom-house officers , and voters at an election . What say ye to these mash ; they are neither French nor Venetian , out true English ones ; they are called masks for knavery , and worn by people of the best fashion of all professions . This smiling smooth-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
National Characters.
A German is ever studious in the secrets of nature , indefatigable in his pursuits after chymistry , and as indefatigable in drinking . The Dutch are pack-horses in trade , who plod on ijj . one track ; strangers to the sweets of a scientific life , and disregarding the nice works of genius and art . The Italians are revengeful by nature , and politicians by habit . The Portuguese insincere and bigots .
Now , if I Avere to ask an impartial observer of us , which of these characters were most like our OAvn ; he would say , he had seen an Englishman act all but the last . Are not my countrymen as fond of tobacco as the Turks ? Will they not sit as many hours smoking as any Mahometan ? and will they not be as much misled by common mistresses at a bagnio , as any
turban-wearer in his seraglio ? Will they not , like Arabs , neglect their families for hunting-matches ? and do they not value their horses more than their wiA'es ? Are they not , like Frenchmen , self-lovers , vain of dress ; and great talkers of their success with Avomen ? Like Spaniards , they are brave , faithful , patient , and have
constitutions capable of enduring the most extreme fatigues ; are romantic in their projects , and will rush into dangers for the sake of glory . They are as curious as Germans in prying into the first workings of creation ; and as to drinking , I believe they'll take the field against any nation . Yet Ave are as great drudges in trade as Dutchmenalmost as
re-, vengeful as Italians , and as to our being politicians , mercy upon us ! but what nation , except ours , could or would support such a number of neAvspapers , loaded with acrimonious altercations and political common place ? ¦ TANTARABOBUS .
A Satyrical Harangue,
A SATYRICAL HARANGUE ,
DELIVERED LATELY BY A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN THE CHARACTER OF A PEDLAR .,
GENTLEMEN AND LADIES , T AM an itinerant merchant , who make . a trading V 03 age from town to A toAvn , and from street to street : and as for mygimcracks here , I sell them cheap enough : you . shall have them for a laugh , but then I neA'er give credit . Here is a purse to hold honesty ; it is worn , with simplicitand plain-dealing little out of fashion I must confessbut not
y , a , the worse for wear . I need not tell you how much it is wanted b y stewards , overseers , custom-house officers , and voters at an election . What say ye to these mash ; they are neither French nor Venetian , out true English ones ; they are called masks for knavery , and worn by people of the best fashion of all professions . This smiling smooth-