Sherry...a silly, sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers, and punsters, in fact into what Englishmen are at the present day.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
The link between sherry and national traits is an exaggeration.
There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman.
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
The author of Amelia, the most singular genius which their island ever produced, whose works it has long been the fashion to abuse in public and to read in sec…
He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is, good ale.
In life, he suffered from a sense of unreality, as do many Englishmen.
The English are a dumb people. They can do great acts, but not describe them.