 Malloch to English Mallet, without any imaginable reason of preference which the eye or ear can discover. What other proofs he gave of disrespect to his native country, I know not ; but it was remarked of him, that he was the only Scot whom Scotchmen...  The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 117edited by - 1782Full view - About this book
 | Hugh Walker - Dialect literature, Scottish - 1893 - 274 pages
...little to adorn his country's literature, and his life did much to stain her name. Johnson says that " it was remarked of him that he was the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend." 1 He was a venal writer, a treacherous friend, a dishonest man. Whatever party could or would pay him... | |
 | Hugh Walker - Scottish literature - 1893 - 272 pages
...little to adorn his country's literature, and his life did much to stain her name. Johnson says that " it was remarked of him that he was the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend."1 He was a venal writer, a treacherous friend, a dishonest man. Whatever party could or would... | |
 | Hugh Walker - English literature - 1893 - 272 pages
...little to adorn his country's literature, and his life did much to stain her name. Johnson says that " it was remarked of him that he was the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend."1 He was a venal writer, a treacherous friend, a dishonest man. Whatever party could or would... | |
 | Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1895 - 838 pages
...name his original Scotch patronymic, Malloch. " What other proofs he gave [says Johnson] of disrespect to his native country, I know not ; but it was remarked...was the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend." — Life of Mallet. 2 " I think I am acting in unison with the feelings of a Meeting assembled for... | |
 | Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1895 - 874 pages
...his oriirinal Scotch patronymic, M illoch. " What other proofs he gave [says Johnvjn] of disrespect to his native country, I know not; but it was remarked of him tli.it he w is the only Scot wh im Scotchmen did not commend." — Lift of .Wallet. 2 " I think I am... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 pages
...imaginable reason of preference which the eye or ear can discover. What other proofs he gave of disrespect to his native country I know not ; but it was remarked...Scotchmen did not commend." If what we are told in a subsequent part of this narrative be true, his countrymen are fully justified in withholding their... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 pages
...imaginable reason of preference which the eye or ear can discover. What other proofs he gave of disrespect to his native country I know not ; but it was remarked of him, that 19 he was the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend." If what we are told in a subsequent part of... | |
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