 Such pompous preparation, instead of being a compliment to our Guests, is nothing better than an indirect offence ; it is a tacit insinuation, that it is absolutely necessary to provide such delicacies to bribe the depravity of their palates, when we...  An essay on diet and regimen - Page 26by James Makittrick Adair - 1812 - 146 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Scotland - 1821 - 800 pages
...fatal to true Hospi- ' tality, than the multiplicity of dishes which luxury has made fashionable at the tables of the Great, the wealthy, and the Ostentatious, — who are often neither great nor wealthy. " Such excessive preparation, instead of being a compliment to our Guests, is nothing better than an... | |
 | England - 1821 - 778 pages
...more fatal to true Hospitality, than the multiplicity of dishes which luxury has made fashionable at the tables of the Great, the wealthy, and the Ostentatious, — who are often neither great nor wealthy. " Such excessive preparation, instead of being a compliment to our Guests, is nothing better than an... | |
 | American periodicals - 1825 - 498 pages
...our friends a hearty welcome — than the multiplicity of dishes which luxury has made fashionable at the tables of the great, the wealthy — and the ostentatious, — who are not seldom either great or wealthy. " Such prodigious preparation (as Dominie Sampson would say) instead... | |
 | William Kitchiner - Cooking, English - 1836 - 432 pages
...more fatal to true Hospitality, than the multiplicity of dishes which luxury has made fashionable at the tables of the Great, the Wealthy — and the Ostentatious, — who are, often neither great nor wealthy. Such pompous preparation, instead of being a compliment to our Guests, is nothing better than an indirect... | |
 | Denise Gigante - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 264 pages
...Cook's Oracle, Kitchiner criticized "the multiplicity of dishes which luxury has made fashionable at the tables of the Great, the Wealthy — and the Ostentatious, who are, often, neither great nor wealthy."61 We may translate these categories into the Great (aristocrats), the Wealthy (nouveaux riches),... | |
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