[The Book of Snobs by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookThe Book of Snobs CHAPTER III--THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARISTOCRACY ON SNOBS 5/6
After making some profound and ingenious remarks about the town of Brussells, his lordship says:--'Staying some day at the Hotel de Belle Vue, a greatly overrated establishment, and not nearly as comfortable as the Hotel de France--I made acquaintance with Dr.L----, the physician of the Mission.
He was desirous of doing the honours of the place to me, and he ordered for us a DINER EN GOURMAND at the chief restaurateur's, maintaining it surpassed the Rocher at Paris.
Six or eight partook of the entertainment, and we all agreed it was infinitely inferior to the Paris display, and much more extravagant.
So much for the copy. And so much for the gentleman who gave the dinner.
Dr.L----, desirous to do his lordship 'the honour of the place,' feasts him with the best victuals money can procure--and my lord finds the entertainment extravagant and inferior.
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