...engine of effeminacy arid sloth, whkh it was disgraceful for a person to make use of in travelling. To be dragged at the tails of horses, instead of being mounted on their backs, seemed in his eyes to lie a ludicroue degradation of the|gennine dignity of human nature. In all his...

...(he ancients, lie determined never to enter and be seated in what he termed a box. He esteemed it as degrading to the dignity of human nature to be dragged...of horses instead of being mounted on their backs. In his journeys between Edinburgh and London he therefore rode on horseback, attended by a single servant....

...including occasionally the son of the gentleman last mentioned, the present Mr. Alexander Smellie. " These journeys his lordship always performed on horseback,...till he was upwards of eighty years of age. On his List visit, which he made on purpose to take leave of all his friends in the metropolis, he was seized...

...periods of vacation in the court,) which he always performed on horseback, attended by a single servant. To be dragged at the tails of horses, instead of being mounted on their backs, was, he said, a ridiculous degradation of the dignity of man. The only time, perhaps, that he had ever...

...effeminate conveyances were not in common use among the ancients, and because he considered it to be degrading to the dignity of human nature to be dragged at the tail of a horse instead of mounting his back. Hence his journeys to London were all equestrian, and...

...ancients, he determined never to enter and be seated in what he termed a box. He esteemed it as-degrading to the dignity of human nature to be dragged at the...of horses instead of being mounted on their backs. In his journeys between Edinburgh 'uid London he therefore rode on horseback, attended by a single...

...periods of vacation in the court,) which he always performed on horseback, attended by a single servant. To be dragged at the tails of horses, instead of being mounted on their hacks, was, he said, a ridiculous degradation of the dignity of man. The only time, perhaps, that he...

...a vehicle that was not in common use among the ancients, he considered as an effeminate conveyance; to be dragged at the tails of horses, instead of being mounted on their backs, seemed in his eyes to be a ludicrous degradation of the genuine dignity of human nature. On his return...

...locomotion ; his objections to the use of a carriage being two-fold. First, that it was not consistent with the dignity of human nature to be dragged at the tails of horses ; and second, that the ancients did not commonly use such effeminate conveyances. 'The manners of Lord...

...brethren. Another of his eccentricites was his rooted objection to entering a carriage. He thought it was degrading to the dignity of human nature to...of horses, instead of being mounted on their backs. For many years, Monboddo was in the habit of paying an annual visit to London, and the journeys to...