"But I should think a man of fashion makes but an indifferent exchange, who lays out all that time in furnishing his house which he should have employed in the furniture of his head; a person who shews no other symptoms of taste than his cabinet or gallery, might as well boast to me of the furniture of his kitchen."
The Citizen of the World
First published in the <u>Public Ledger</u> in 1760-1761. At least 25 entries in ESTC (1762, 1769, 1774, 1775 1776, 1782, 1785, 1790, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1797, 1799, 1800).<br><br>
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Text from <u>The Citizen of the World: or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East.</u> (London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Newbery and W. Bristow; J. Leake and W. Frederick, Bath; B. Collins, Salisbury; and A. M. Smart and Co. Reading, 1762). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004897171.0001.001">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;