The Scot admitted that he was touched by provincialism; but he retained a national pride, and only made the modest and most justifiable claim that he was intrinsically superior to the Southron.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
Sometimes a picket is approached by the stealthiest creeping through the dark thickets, when the unfortunate sentinel is seized and quickly despatched by a bowie-knife, or other like weapon, which a Southron can always use most dexterously.
"Three Years in the Federal Cavalry"
Willard Glazier
In both cases, doubtless, the hot Southron would have bridled his passion sooner, had it produced any visible effect on the colder man of the north.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose