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> [ It is rarely \[Americans\] dine in society, except in taverns and boarding-houses. Then they eat with the greatest possible rapidity, and in total silence. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/it-is-rarely-americans-dine-in-society-except-in-taverns-and-boarding/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

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## More by Frances Trollope

> [The American spring is by no means so agreeable as the American autumn; both move with faltering step, and slow; but this lingering pace,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/the-american-spring-is-by-no-means-so-agreeable-as-the-american/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [To an American writer, I should think it must be a flattering distinction to escape the admiration of the newspapers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/to-an-american-writer-i-should-think-it-must-be-a-flattering/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [The total and universal want of manners, both in males and females, is ... remarkable ... that polish which removes the coarser and rougher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/the-total-and-universal-want-of-manners-both-in-males-and-females-is/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [ It is rarely \[Americans\] dine in society, except in taverns and boarding-houses. Then they eat with the greatest possible rapidity, and in total silence. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/it-is-rarely-americans-dine-in-society-except-in-taverns-and-boarding/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [it is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice. They inveigh against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/it-is-impossible-for-any-mind-of-common-honesty-not-to-be-revolted-by/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [there is less alms-giving in America than in any other Christian country on the face of the globe. It is not in the temper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/there-is-less-alms-giving-in-america-than-in-any-other-christian/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [It seems hardly fair to quarrel with a place because its staple commodity is not pretty, but I am sure I should have liked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/it-seems-hardly-fair-to-quarrel-with-a-place-because-its-staple/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [... it was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman, who was neither her husband, her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/it-was-not-very-unusual-at-washington-for-a-lady-to-take-the-arm-of-a/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [I certainly do not lament the decadence of knight errantry, nor wish to exchange the protection of the laws for that of the doughtiest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/i-certainly-do-not-lament-the-decadence-of-knight-errantry-nor-wish/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [I never saw any people who appeared to live so much without amusement as the Cincinnatians… Were it not for the churches,... Ithink there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/i-never-saw-any-people-who-appeared-to-live-so-much-without-amusement/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [Is it to be imagined ... that women were made for no other purpose than to fabricate sweetmeats and gingerbread, construct shirts, darn stockings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/is-it-to-be-imagined-that-women-were-made-for-no-other-purpose-than/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [“Situated on an island which I think it will one day cover, it rises like Venice from the sea, and like that fairest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/situated-on-an-island-which-i-think-it-will-one-day-cover-it-rises/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [I draw from life - but I always pulp my acquaintance before serving them up. You would never recognize a pig in a sausage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/i-draw-from-life-but-i-always-pulp-my-acquaintance-before-serving/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [I heard an Englishman, who had been long resident in America, declare that in following, in meeting, or in overtaking, in the street, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/i-heard-an-englishman-who-had-been-long-resident-in-america-declare/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

> [The Yankee: In acuteness and perseverance, he resembles the Scotch. In frugal neatness, he resembles the Dutch. But in truth, a Yankee is nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/the-yankee-in-acuteness-and-perseverance-he-resembles-the-scotch-in/)

[Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/)

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