blind follyの例文
- There was a general disdain for The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy ", by Hannah Glasse, held the French style of cookery in disdain, stating " the blind folly of this age that would rather be imposed on by a French booby, than give encouragement to a good English cook ! " She does add French recipes to the text but speaks out flagrantly against the dishes, " . . . think ( ing ) it an odd jumble of trash ."
- One of the cookbooks that proliferated in the colonies was " The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy " ( 1747 ) by Hannah Glasse, who referred to " the blind folly of this age that would rather be imposed on by a French booby, than give encouragement to a good English cook ! " Of the French recipes given in the text, she speaks out flagrantly against the dishes as she " & think [ s ] it an odd jumble of trash . " Reinforcing the anti-French sentiment was the French and Indian War from 1754 1764.
