MANNERS OF SCOTCHMEN.
♦■ Mv„-U ,'i;u 1.--• -ri .-u.l abow t'i- irre-si.-ttii.t- v.it>:hrjiy .-: a [>■ >lu'ted Irishman, the delightful vivacity ..f a w.U-born Frt'ii..'S:t).-.M. I'nt ha* anynni- ev.-r sung the ►T'.i- -s» "f a hi„*!i-b:cl S. .>■ iiin.ui ? What m»nb can fairly describe the nameless fascination which has a dish of the Irishman's insidnotis flattery, a spice of the Frenchman* brilliant vivacity, but which has a tender softness possessed by neither, a patrician grace not to be equalled by any other nationality in the world * In all the history of modern Europe, the two people who, by manner alone, have exercised the most powerful influence upon their contemporaries have been Mary, Queen of Scots, and her great-grandson, Charles Stuart. Of all the poets, who lias ever so enthralled the hearts of women as Oeorge Cordon, Lord Byron, whose maternal lineage was Scotch ? Of ail lovely and fascinating women whose names will be remembered in the future, Lt there-any fairer or jovlier than Eugenie Maria' de Guzman, Countess of Teba, Empress of the French, and scion of the Kirkpatricks of Clowbnrn 1 ~ " , _
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 220, 5 January 1877, Page 2
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178MANNERS OF SCOTCHMEN. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 220, 5 January 1877, Page 2
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