THROUGH SWEDEN. 
eftablifhed tenets and modes of worffiip, that they fhould be an 
honed and good fort of people: this however is the cafe. The 
Swedes, I mean the peafantry, (for as to the inhabitants of towns 
they are corrupt in proportion to their population, their com¬ 
merce, and their luxury) are a frank, open, kind-hearted, gay, 
hofpitable, hardy, and fpirited people. It would be difficult to 
point out any nation that is more didinguiffied by a happy union 
of genius, bravery, and natural probity of difpohtion. They are 
reprefented by their neighbours as the gafcons of Scandinavia. 
This charge, when due allowance is made for the mutual jealoufy 
and antipathy of neighbouring nations, amounts to no more than 
this, that they are actuated by that fenfibility to fame, and love 
of didindlion, which generally predominate in the breads of brave, 
generous, and adventurous people. 
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