Aspects of life here civility, courtesy, coziness have always bound Britons to their country . . . They are part of the British myth, along with lovely countryside, dogs and horses, rose gardens, the Armada, the Battle of Britain.
Source: In NY Times, 9 Oct 1985.
-- R W Apple, Jr, (Nov 20 1934-2006), US journalist; He was the Washington. DC. bureau chief of the NY Times, 1993-; author of Europe: An Uncommon Guide, 1986.