The Frank Muir Book: An Irreverent Companion to Social HistoryPearson Education New Zealand Limited, 1976 - 372 páginas |
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Página 315
... dinner by someone important , perhaps because some kind of favour was needed , but often because it was the only chance of getting something decent to eat . Behind Rome's marble walls were rookeries of small tene- ments peopled by poor ...
... dinner by someone important , perhaps because some kind of favour was needed , but often because it was the only chance of getting something decent to eat . Behind Rome's marble walls were rookeries of small tene- ments peopled by poor ...
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... dinner - parties was an impor- tant part of middle - class social life . Being served a poor dinner could , if the food was really disgusting , provoke powerful feelings of hatred and contempt in the breast of the still - hungry guest ...
... dinner - parties was an impor- tant part of middle - class social life . Being served a poor dinner could , if the food was really disgusting , provoke powerful feelings of hatred and contempt in the breast of the still - hungry guest ...
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... dinner - giving I consider thoroughly tainted with barbarism and vulgarity ... As tables are now arranged , one is ... dinner which fell short of expectation . For instance , when the hors d'œuvres were peculiar and the temperatures were ...
... dinner - giving I consider thoroughly tainted with barbarism and vulgarity ... As tables are now arranged , one is ... dinner which fell short of expectation . For instance , when the hors d'œuvres were peculiar and the temperatures were ...
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