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== Diary == | == Diary == | ||
=== English pride === | |||
“The English are vastly fond of great noises, and when they have had a glass or two of beer they will fire off cannons or ring bells for the pleasure of it.” So Paul Hentzner noted in his diary in Tudor times. | |||
Hentzner was a keen-eyed German traveller, and he found the Londoners strange, but very well satisfied with themselves. “If they see a foreigner well made or exceptionally handsome they will say ‘what a pity he is not an Englishman!’ “ | |||
* [https://www.lookandlearn.com/blog/10591/the-may-day-riot-of-the-apprentices/ The May Day riot of the apprentices] @ Look and Learn blog | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Revision as of 03:41, 15 February 2021
Online diary of Karl Jones for Monay February 15, 2021.
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Diary
English pride
“The English are vastly fond of great noises, and when they have had a glass or two of beer they will fire off cannons or ring bells for the pleasure of it.” So Paul Hentzner noted in his diary in Tudor times.
Hentzner was a keen-eyed German traveller, and he found the Londoners strange, but very well satisfied with themselves. “If they see a foreigner well made or exceptionally handsome they will say ‘what a pity he is not an Englishman!’ “
- The May Day riot of the apprentices @ Look and Learn blog