The Canadian Book of SnobsDundurn, 1 sept. 1998 - 292 pagini Are you a snob? Then why not learn to do it right? Study this revolutionary work and become a Canadian Snob of Distinction! |
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... living on the Continent where the usageofthe fourprong is general” thatone wasableto eat peas gracefullywith afork: the fourpronged much moreefficient than a knife. Thisin itself is distinguished Snob stuff, asit combines etiquette ...
... living in a benign climate, with slave labour.In the Mediterranean areathis producedan early burst of creativity, mostlybutnot exclusively by men. Sappho(c.600 BC) was thefirst womanpoet who managed to leave animpression for posterity ...
... living memory are parental pronouncements thata university educationiswasted on girls, because they're only going to get married. And who needs an education for that? Snobstandards are shifting, brains have become as important as brawn ...
... living room, insteadofin a glass case? Most antiques today are not really old, but havebeen made by contemporary craftpersons, and artificially aged, by diabolical alchemies. Often their purchasers inventaromantic provenance for them ...
... living in morethanOriental splendour with Marion Davies. No,no, scrubthat.The Algernewsboys wereall virtue and righteousness, and would havesaved Marion's soul instead of keeping her in San Simeon. Theseimprobable talesturned into what ...
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