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" In Scotland you will never find a man of worth : they are like savages, who wish not to be acquainted with any one, and are too envious of the good fortune of others, and suspicious of losing any thing themselves, for their country is very poor. "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 328
1863
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Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and ...

Emma Roberts - 1827 - 572 pages
...better to have sent twenty or thirty knights from France than so large a body. The reason is clear. In Scotland you will never find a man of worth, they...the good fortune of others and suspicious of losing any thing themselves ; for their country is very poor. When the English make inroads thither, as they...
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Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and ...

Emma Roberts - 1827 - 582 pages
...with any one, and are too envious of the good fortune of others and suspicious of losing any thing themselves ; for their country is very poor. When...order their provisions, if they wish to live,, to CHAP. follow close at their back ; for there is nothing to be had in the country without difficulty....
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Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries: From the ...

Jean Froissart - 1839 - 758 pages
...thirty knights from France, than so large a body as five hundred or a thousand. The reason is clear. In Scotland you will never find a man of worth : they...the good fortune of others, and suspicious of losing any thing themselves, for their country is very poor. When the English make inroads thither, as they...
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Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries ..., Volume 2

Jean Froissart - 1849 - 766 pages
...thirty knights from France, than so large a body as five hundred or a thousand. The reason is clear. In Scotland you will never find a man of worth : they are like savage?, who wish not to be acquainted with any one, and are too envious of the good fortune of others,...
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Industrial Biography: Iron-workers and Tool-makers

Samuel Smiles - 1864 - 448 pages
...Italian city after which he was * The early scarcity of iron in Scotland is confirmed by Froissart, who says : " In Scotland you will never find a man of...savages, who wish not to be acquainted with any one, are envious of the good fortune of others, and suspicious of losing anything themselves ; for their...
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Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers

Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 372 pages
...importance to the warrior that his weapon should be strong and sharp without being unwieldy, and that it never find a man of worth ; they are like savages, who wish not to be acquainted with any one, are envious of the good fortune of others, and suspicious of losing anything themselves ; for their...
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A History of the House of Douglas from the Earliest Times Down to ..., Volume 1

Sir Herbert Maxwell - 1902 - 416 pages
...knights cursed de Charny for deluding them into such a god-forsaken country. " In Scotland you shall never find a man of worth : they are like savages, who wish not to be acquainted with anybody, and are too envious of the good fortune of others, and suspicious of losing anything themselves,...
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