There is reinforcement in such familiar back-formations as Chinee from Chinese, Portugee from Portuguese.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

American journalism (like the journalism of any other country) is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the fact that we have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, the language

Since the various types of Chinese porcelain were made for specific markets, including Portuguese, Dutch and English, this was reflected in the subjects. A good example would be the pair of pug dogs, popular in England in the 18th century.