The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, with memoir of the author.

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right we have to offer more than advice and assistance
to our independent allies, we can expect that they
should renounce entirely the national pride which is
inseparable from patriotism, and at once condescend
not only to be saved by our assistance, but to be saved
in our own way? 3d, Whether, if it be an object (as
undoubtedly it is a main one), that the Spanish troops
should be trained under British discipline, to the flexibility of movement, and power of rapid concert and
combination, which is essential to modern war; such
a consummation is likely to be produced by abusing
them in newspapers and periodical publications?
Lastly, Since the undoubted authority of British officers make us now acquainted with part of the horrors
that attend invasion, and which the providence of
God, the valour of our navy, and perhaps the very
efflbrts of these Spaniards, have hitherto diverted from
us, it may be modestly questioned whether we ought
to be too forward to estimate and condemn the feeling
of temporary stupefaction which they create; lest,
in so doing, we should resemble the worthy clergyman, who, while he had himself never snuffed a candle with his fingers, was disposed severely to criticise
the conduct of a martyr, who winced a little among
his flames.
NoTE C.
They won not Zaragoza, but her children's bloody tomb.P. 405.
The interesting account of Mr. Vaughan has made
most readers acquainted with the first siege of Zara