Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 322William Blackwood, 1977 - England |
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Page 223
... Scottish intellect . He was puzzled by two things , the gulf between the Scottish and English outlook , and the con- tradiction , as he saw it , between the superstition of Scots towards religion and their scepticism towards every ...
... Scottish intellect . He was puzzled by two things , the gulf between the Scottish and English outlook , and the con- tradiction , as he saw it , between the superstition of Scots towards religion and their scepticism towards every ...
Page 228
... Scottish languages , Gaelic and Scots , not entirely but largely a consequence of the Union , is a major cause of the confusion and self - doubt . Alexander Carlyle long ago said that it was no wonder that the English thought that the Scots ...
... Scottish languages , Gaelic and Scots , not entirely but largely a consequence of the Union , is a major cause of the confusion and self - doubt . Alexander Carlyle long ago said that it was no wonder that the English thought that the Scots ...
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... Scots Postman . There are hints in his letters that his talk of setting up factories was more than part of his cover ... Scots , if they tried a little harder to be British , remained Scots . He did not see that the Scots were unlikely ...
... Scots Postman . There are hints in his letters that his talk of setting up factories was more than part of his cover ... Scots , if they tried a little harder to be British , remained Scots . He did not see that the Scots were unlikely ...
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