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FJ.781.055
28 Nov 1781:13 (32)
[In essay comparing people of America with people of England
and France:] . . . The Englishman is also intolerable proud
and ambitious--he imagines there is some peculiar
excellencies in the contexture of his body, some curious
drops of blood in his veins of a superior quality to that of
other nations. . . [12 lines] The people of France although,
perhaps, the most civilized, brave, generous and humane in
the world are the perpetual objects of their abuse and
ridicule; the English stage alone is a proof of this. If a
coward, a fop, or any vain empty fellow is to be
represented, he is sure to be a Frenchman. The grammatical
mistakes and blunders of a native of France who attempts to
speak in the English tongue, are an everlasting source of
entertainment for all ranks, noble and simple: . . .
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