- Tom,
great Tom,
thinks this on a par with War & Peace! An illiterate,
underbred book it
seems to me: the book of a self-taught
working man, & we all know...
- servants, and that
children who used it
would find that it "stamped them as
underbred",
leading to the
conclusion that "please"
would fall out of use elsewhere...
-
unpardonable behaviour".
Wilson wrote (in 1915) "He is
secretive &, like all
underbreds, su****ious; also his
manners are
somewhat repugnant" and that he was...
-
frequently quoted and republished.
Vulgar of manner, overfed,
Overdressed and
underbred, Heartless, Godless, ****'s delight, Rude by day and lewd by night; Bedwarfed...