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  • I think of Dickens as winter reading, but Snobs is a great recommendation, and E, I'm sorry I forgot to bring your copy back.

    Paging Julie Brown Roger Sutton 2007

  • And Thackeray's praise of it in the Book of Snobs is a proof that it appealed to a master of literary craft no less powerfully than it appealed to a statesman:

    The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903

  • The people who worship the Dragon are sometimes called Snobs -- not by themselves though; it is one of the marks of the true Snob that he never knows he is one.

    'That Very Mab' Andrew Lang 1878

  • His novel Snobs, which is a pretty polemic about how important it is to have a title, screamed class anxiety.

    The Guardian World News Tanya Gold 2011

  • In his novel "Snobs" (2005) he skewered the inhabitants of the same milieu even more savagely.

    Society Meets The Sixties 2009

  • Ironic that you chose to read the book 'Snobs', which was raved about, making you less of a book snob than you calimed to be.

    Happy New Meme Ms Robinson 2008

  • It is already Thackeray in all his strength, with his "Snobs," his "Nobs," his fierce satire, and his exquisite style.

    Studies in Early Victorian Literature Frederic Harrison 1877

  • Young socialites (L-R) Augusta Miller, Amber L'Estrange, Ashley Ricardo and Gracie Otto on the set of their TV series 'Snobs' at Palm Beach in Sydney.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • Surely to live a life where you know ‘Snobs’ you are compromising yourself which is not the best manner to fulfill your potential.

    How wonderful things become guilty pleasures. 2010

  • Murphstahoe, you may want to double check Snobs post from last Friday outlining the specific and uncompromising Cockie Award entry procedure: By email with subject header I WANNA COCKIE.

    Untenable Positions: Contortionist Cockpits BikeSnobNYC 2010

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