The Best and Worst of Britain
A Portuguese merchant assesses Great Britain’s market under the Hanoverians.
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National Character
3 articles
These writers, some from our islands, some from abroad, share their impressions of us, both the good and the bad.
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The Tale of Robert Tomson
Robert Tomson was a typical Englishman and it nearly killed him, but it also made him a fortune and won him a bride.
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National Sympathy
We English would not hand out so much unsolicited advice to foreign countries if we knew more about their history.
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Character Counts!
Elbert Green Hubbard tells us about Richard Cobden’s early life, and how it shaped his values; Sydney Smith gives us his definition of marriage; mild-mannered clergyman George Herbert get his hands (and much else besides) dirty in helping labourer dumped in the road by his overloaded horse; and a Victorian commuter arrives home carrying more than his briefcase.