 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - 636 pages
...have not much to boast of; and he thus strongly exposes their inordinate pride of ancestry : — ' These are the heroes who despise the Dutch, And rail...foreigners so much ; Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived — A horrid crowd of rambling thieves and drones,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1862 - 466 pages
...description of the origin of the "True-born Englishman" will serve as an example of the entire production. These are the heroes who despise the Dutch And rail...foreigners so much, Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived: A horrid crowd of rambling thieves and drones,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - Castaways - 1862 - 524 pages
...description of the origin of the " True-horn Englishman" will serve as an example of the entire production. These are the heroes who despise the Dutch And rail...foreigners so much, Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived : A horrid crowd of rambling thieves and drones,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1864 - 608 pages
...and " every soldier was a denizen." The folly of indulging this pride of ancestry is finely painted in the following lines : — " These are the heroes...foreigners so much; Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived. A horrid crowd of rambling thieves and drones,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1869 - 488 pages
...longest sword should be so civil, To make a Frenchman English, that's the devU. THESE are the heroes that despise the Dutch, And rail at new-come foreigners so much ; Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived ; A horrid crowd of rambling thieves and drones... | |
 | Edward Arber - English literature - 1883 - 714 pages
...possests: But that the longest sword should be so civil, To make a Frenchman, English; that 's the Devil ! These are the heroes who despise the Dutch, And rail...foreigners so much! Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived ! A horrid crowd of rambling thieves and drones,... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - English wit and humor - 1878 - 370 pages
...uncomplimentary description of the English, he proceeds to trace their descent — " These are the heroes that despise the Dutch And rail at new-come foreigners so much, Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived ; A horrid race of rambling thieves and drones... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - English wit and humor - 1878 - 414 pages
...uncomplimentary description of the English, he proceeds to trace their descent — " These are the heroes that despise the Dutch And rail at new-come foreigners so much, Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived ; A horrid race of rambling thieves and drones... | |
 | William Minton - 1879 - 196 pages
...silent record blushes to reveal Their undescended dark original. * * * * "These are the heroes that despise the Dutch And rail at new-come foreigners so much; Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived ; A horrid crowd of rambling thieves and drones,... | |
 | 1871 - 612 pages
...races they themselves had sprung from. I must read this one passage concerning them." And he began — "'These are the heroes who despise the Dutch, And...foreigners so much ; Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel set that ever lived. A horrid crowd of rambling thieves and drones,... | |
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These are the heroes that despise the Dutch, And rail at new-come foreigners so much ; Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived... 
