It was this very hatred of Snobbism which inspired Jerrold with his cutting retort to Samuel Warren, author of "Ten Thousand a Year," who complained that at some aristocratic house at which he had recently dined he could positively get no fish.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
Love cleared his sight in an instant, where reason would have striven in vain against the stubborn prejudices of Snobbism.
"The Second Generation"
David Graham Phillips
I knew nothing of their careful gradations of Snobbism-the people to know socially, the people to know in a business way, the people to know in ways religious and philanthropic, the people to know for the fun to be got out of them, the people to pride oneself on not knowing at all; the nervousness, the hysteria about preserving these disgusting gradations.
"The Deluge"
David Graham Phillips