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114 CLASSICAL TOUR Ch. IV.
army, but as worn once, it is said, by Highland
chiefs, and perhaps occasionally even now, by
some remote lairds. This raiment borders
nearer upon the Roman, and like it, is better
calculated both for action and for dignity, than
any modern dress I have ever beheld. A few
improvements might make it perfect, and qua-
lify it admirably for all the purposes of a national
habit, and would very soon, by its intrinsic
merit and beauty, supersede the monkey attire of
France, not in the British empire only, but even
on the Continent, still partial to the taste and to
he fashions of England,
army, but as worn once, it is said, by Highland
chiefs, and perhaps occasionally even now, by
some remote lairds. This raiment borders
nearer upon the Roman, and like it, is better
calculated both for action and for dignity, than
any modern dress I have ever beheld. A few
improvements might make it perfect, and qua-
lify it admirably for all the purposes of a national
habit, and would very soon, by its intrinsic
merit and beauty, supersede the monkey attire of
France, not in the British empire only, but even
on the Continent, still partial to the taste and to
he fashions of England,