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lifestyle:
had 
his fl at in Mount Street, his private hansom, and his hunting-box in 
Warwickshire; went to all the places where the fashionable congregate; 
(his) chimney-piece during the season was packed with cards;
 
life he led 
was expensive;
 behavior:
happened to be a gambler; displayed them 
with complacency;
 
never minded how much he lost if the company was 
select
; 
character:
he would much rather have been snubbed by a person 
of quality than fl attered by a commoner;
 
was always ready to back a 
bill for an impecunious nobleman
; 
speech:
used to mention his distant 
relationship to the noble family he belonged to
;
 position: 
was a fi gure 
in the society of London; his name fi gured insignifi cantly in Burke’s 
Peerage
.
It is of interest to note that the author differentiates different 
degrees of “snobism”: 1) 
a timid snob, a little ashamed of being 
impressed by his betters
; 2) 
a snob who sought the intimacy of persons 
who had acquired celebrity in politics or notoriety in the arts
; 3) 
a snob 

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who was dazzled by riches
; 4) 
a naked, unadulterated common snob 
who dearly loved a lord
. 
Mr. Warburton was the last type of a snob: he was not ashamed 
of imitating superior, the only thing he admired was the high origin 
of the person, he worshipped the great not seeing their faults and 
forgiving them everything: (
the great whom he adored laughed at him; 
his smart friends laughed at him behind his back; called him a snob; a 
word that had pursued him all his life
). 
Being a snob, Mr. Warburton was ashamed of his relationship to 
a manufacturer from whom he had come by his fortune and tried to 
conceal it:
His name fi gured insignifi cantly in Burke’s Peerage, and it was 
marvellous to watch the ingenuity he used to mention his distant 
relationship to the noble family he belonged to; but never a word did 
he say of the honest Liverpool manufacturer from whom, through his 
mother, a Miss Gubbins, he had come by his fortune. It was the terror of 
his fashionable life that at Gowes, maybe, or at Ascot, when he was with 
a duchess or even with a prince of the blood, one of these relatives would 
claim acquaintance with him.
The detailed analysis of the text makes it possible to decode the 
cognitive structure of the concept “Snob” which is revealed through 
depicting details of Mr. Warburton’s 
appearance:
looked very smart 
in his spotless ducks and white shoes; in a boiled shirt and a high collar, 
silk socks and patent-leather shoes, he dressed as formally as though 
he were dining at his club in Pall Mall;
; 
manners:
was elaborately 
courteous; with a frigid smile; kept very cool; smiled caustically; had 
gallant manners; politely held out his hand; gave a polite, but slightly 
disconcerted smile;