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Article TRAITS OF THE SCOTCH CHARACTER. ← Page 3 of 3 Article OBSERVATIONS ON THE ENGLISH STYLE OF WRITING. Page 1 of 2 →
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Traits Of The Scotch Character.
will maintain it , and as a convincing proof ( I am in a very great passion 1 ) of what I assert , the Scotch ladies say it themselves . But to be less serious , where will you find a language so becoming , a pretty mouth , as the broad Scotch ? and the women here speak it in its highest purity ; for instance , teach one of their young ladies to pronounce . « Whoar wull I gong ? " with a becoming wideness of mouthand I'll lav life they will wound hearer . We have
, my every no such charafter here as a coquet ; but alas ! howmany curious prudes ! Some day ago I walked into my Lord Kilcoubry ' s , ( do not be surprised , my Lord is but a glover ) when the Duchess of Hamilton ( that fair who sacrificed her beauty to her ambition , and her inward peace to a ' title and g ilt equipage ) passed by in her chariot ; her battered husband proparlthe guardian of her charmssat by
, or more y , , her side . Strait envy began , in the shape of no less than three ladies , who sat with me . to find faults in her faultless form : " For my part , ( says the first ) I think , what I always thought , that the Duchess has too much red in her complexion . '— ' Madam , I am of your opinion , ( says the second , ) and I think her face has a palish cast , too much on the delicate order . ' ' ' And let me tell you , ( adds the third lady ,
whose mouth was puckered up to the size of an issue , ) that the Duress has fine lips , but no mouth . ' At this every lady drew up her mouth as if she was going to pronounce the letter P . But how ill , my Bob , does it become me to ridicule women with whom I have scarce any correspondence ! There are , it is certain , handsome women here ; ' and it is as certain there are handsome men is for himself
to keep them company : an ugly and a poor man society ; and such society the world ; lets me enjoy in great abundance . Fortune hss given vou circumstances , and nature a person to look charming in the eyes ' of the fair world . Nor do I envy my dear Bob such blessings , while I may sit down and laugh at the world , and at , myself , the most ridiculous objeft in itBut I begin to grow splenetic ; and
. perhaps the fit may continue till I receive an answer to this . I know you cannot send news from Ballymahon ; but such as it is , send it all ; every thing you send will be agreeable and entertaining to me . Has George Conway put up a sign yet ; ' or John Binecly left off drinking drams ; or Tom Allen got a new wig ? But I leave to your own choice what to write . W hile OLIVER . GOLDSMITH lives ,
know you have a friend . p . s . Give my sincerest respe & s ( not compliments , do you mind ) to your agreeable family ; and g ive my service to my mother , if you see her ; for , as you express it in Ireland , I have a sneaking kindness , for her still . Direct to me;—Student in Physic , in Edinburgh .
Observations On The English Style Of Writing.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE ENGLISH STYLE OF WRITING .
IU A LETTE 51 FltOM THE RIGHT UON . EOMUND BUHKE TO AKTIIUK MURPHY , ESC . ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS TRANSLATION Or . TACITl'S .
I HAVE not been as early as , to all appearance , I ought to have •*• been , in my acknowledgements for your present . I received it ta
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Traits Of The Scotch Character.
will maintain it , and as a convincing proof ( I am in a very great passion 1 ) of what I assert , the Scotch ladies say it themselves . But to be less serious , where will you find a language so becoming , a pretty mouth , as the broad Scotch ? and the women here speak it in its highest purity ; for instance , teach one of their young ladies to pronounce . « Whoar wull I gong ? " with a becoming wideness of mouthand I'll lav life they will wound hearer . We have
, my every no such charafter here as a coquet ; but alas ! howmany curious prudes ! Some day ago I walked into my Lord Kilcoubry ' s , ( do not be surprised , my Lord is but a glover ) when the Duchess of Hamilton ( that fair who sacrificed her beauty to her ambition , and her inward peace to a ' title and g ilt equipage ) passed by in her chariot ; her battered husband proparlthe guardian of her charmssat by
, or more y , , her side . Strait envy began , in the shape of no less than three ladies , who sat with me . to find faults in her faultless form : " For my part , ( says the first ) I think , what I always thought , that the Duchess has too much red in her complexion . '— ' Madam , I am of your opinion , ( says the second , ) and I think her face has a palish cast , too much on the delicate order . ' ' ' And let me tell you , ( adds the third lady ,
whose mouth was puckered up to the size of an issue , ) that the Duress has fine lips , but no mouth . ' At this every lady drew up her mouth as if she was going to pronounce the letter P . But how ill , my Bob , does it become me to ridicule women with whom I have scarce any correspondence ! There are , it is certain , handsome women here ; ' and it is as certain there are handsome men is for himself
to keep them company : an ugly and a poor man society ; and such society the world ; lets me enjoy in great abundance . Fortune hss given vou circumstances , and nature a person to look charming in the eyes ' of the fair world . Nor do I envy my dear Bob such blessings , while I may sit down and laugh at the world , and at , myself , the most ridiculous objeft in itBut I begin to grow splenetic ; and
. perhaps the fit may continue till I receive an answer to this . I know you cannot send news from Ballymahon ; but such as it is , send it all ; every thing you send will be agreeable and entertaining to me . Has George Conway put up a sign yet ; ' or John Binecly left off drinking drams ; or Tom Allen got a new wig ? But I leave to your own choice what to write . W hile OLIVER . GOLDSMITH lives ,
know you have a friend . p . s . Give my sincerest respe & s ( not compliments , do you mind ) to your agreeable family ; and g ive my service to my mother , if you see her ; for , as you express it in Ireland , I have a sneaking kindness , for her still . Direct to me;—Student in Physic , in Edinburgh .
Observations On The English Style Of Writing.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE ENGLISH STYLE OF WRITING .
IU A LETTE 51 FltOM THE RIGHT UON . EOMUND BUHKE TO AKTIIUK MURPHY , ESC . ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS TRANSLATION Or . TACITl'S .
I HAVE not been as early as , to all appearance , I ought to have •*• been , in my acknowledgements for your present . I received it ta