Really? Hmmm.

I just found this while doing my endless research about servants' lives.

It has been frequently observed by travellers and men of experience that comfort is a term only understood in England and scarcely applicable to the habits of any other nation.

From:



The Servant's Guide and Family Manual

By Katherine Golden Bitting

Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress, 1831)

I have to say, I love the vanity of the English during this period!

So…hmmm. What do you think? Was she right?

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