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Lamb's criticism of Scotchmen did not pass without comment. The pleasantest remark made upon it was that of Christopher North (John Wilson) some dozen years later (after he had met Lamb), in a _Blackwood_ paper entitled "Twaddle on Tweedside" (May, 1833), wherein he wrote:--
"Our ancestors, the noble old Puritans of Cromwell's day, could distinguish between a day of religious rest and a day of recreation; and while they exacted a rigorous abstinence...
2. Chapter 2is these gifted minds that enliven our habitations, and contribute so largely to those _every-day_ delights, which constitute, after all, the chief part of mortal happiness. Suc...
1. Chapter 1Lamb's criticism of Scotchmen did not pass without comment. The pleasantest remark made upon it was that of Christopher North (John Wilson) some dozen years later (after he had...