... in Scotland, and I fancied I understood the Scotch; then I came to England, and supposed I should soon understand the English I have now lived five -and- twenty years here, and I begin to think ... There, to leave the door open or to shut it bears no relation to morals, and but little to manners; whereas, to shut the door is as cruel an act in a Hindoo hut as to leave it open in a Greenland ... travels and expatiates, as the bee From flower to flower, so he from land to land: The manners, customs, policy, of all Pay contribution to the stores he gleans." The Task "Thy speaking of my tongue,...