 | 1819 - 552 pages
...table. D'Archenholtz, in his " Tableau D'Angleterre," says, that " an Englishman may be known anywhere, if he be observed at table; because he places his...recognised at table, in using the fork alone, without the knife: a German, by planting it perpendicularly into his plate; and a Russian, by using it as a... | |
 | William Chambers - 1837 - 352 pages
...— A foreigner remarks, in his work on Great Britain, that an Englishman may be discovered anywhere if he be observed at table, because he places his fork upon the left side of liis plate ; a Frenchman by using the fork alone •without the knife ; and a German by planting it... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 462 pages
...chenheltz, in his " Tableau de 1'Angleterre," asserts that an Englishman may be discovered anywhere, if he be observed at table, because he places his fork upon the left side of his plate; a Frenchman, by using the fork alone without the knife; and a German, by planting it perpendicularly... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 516 pages
...D'Archenholtz, in his " Tableau de l'Angleterre," asserts that an Englishman may be discovered anywhere, if he be observed at table, because he places his fork upon * Moryson's Itinerary, part ip 208. t I find this circumstance concerning forks mentioned in the "... | |
 | 1835 - 638 pages
...intelligent foreigner has stated, in his work on Great Britain, that an Englishman may be discovered any where if he be observed at table, because he places his fork on the left side of his plate ; a Frenchman by using the fork alone without the knife; and a German... | |
 | 1855 - 358 pages
...— A foreigner remarks, in his work on Great Britain, that an Englishman may be discovered anywhere if he be observed at table, because he places' his fork upon the left side of hie plate ; a Frenchman by using the fork alone without the knife ; and a German by planting it perpendicularly... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 532 pages
...D'Archenholtz, in his " Tableau de 1'Angleterre," asserts that " an Englishman may be discovered anywhere, if he be observed at table, because he places his fork upon the left side of his plate ; a Frenchman, by using the fork alone without the knife ; and a German, by planting it perpendicularly... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1867 - 494 pages
...D'Archenholtz, in his " Tableau de 1'Angleterre," asserts that " an Englishman may be discovered anywhere, if he be observed at table, because he places his fork upon the left side of his plate ; a Frenchman, by using the fork alone without the knife ; and a German, by planting it perpendicularly... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 604 pages
...D'Archenholtz, in his "Tableau de 1'Angleterre," asserts that " an Englishman may be discovered anywhere, if he be observed at table, because he places his fork upon the left side of his plate ; a Frenchmanby using the fork alone without the knife ; and a Ger, man, by planting it perpendicularly... | |
 | 1882 - 780 pages
...they were to be held and used. A French writer asserts that an Englishman may be discovered anywhere, if he be observed at table, because he places his fork upon the left side of his plate ; a Frenchman, by using the fork alone without the knife ; and a German, by planting it perpendicularly... | |
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Tableau de 1'Angleterre" asserts that "an Englishman may be discovered anywhere, if he be observed at table, because he places his fork upon the left side of his plate; a Frenchman, by using the fork alone without the knife; and a German, by planting... 
