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boastful speech:
When I lived in London I moved 
in circles in which it would have been just as eccentric not to dress for 
dinner every night; I never omitted to dress on a single occasion; I have 
been on intimate terms with some of the greatest gentlemen in England; 
admiration for the great:
He showed himself in the company of the 
great. Hearing him, you would have thought that at one time ministries 
were formed and policies decided on his suggestion whispered into the 
ear of a duchess or thrown over the dinner-table to be gratefully acted 

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on by the confi dential adviser of the sovereign; At Marienbad Mr. 
Warburton had played baccarat with Edward VII
; 
behavior:
A careful 
host, he went into the dining-room to see that the table was properly 
laid; gave the menu a careless glance; he was a man of the world; he 
never forgot that he was an English gentleman; he did not imitate so 
many of the white men in taking a native woman to wife…; 
habits:
the only concession he made to the climate was to wear a white dinner-
jacket; (menu) was written in French and the dishes had resounding 
names; kept up a busy correspondence with various great ladies; did 
everything ceremoniously;
knew all about any new person who might 
have appeared on the social surface; 
character:
was inclined to be 
sarcastic with white people; blue eyes, cold as a rule and observing, 
managed to put so much offensiveness into his brief reply; 
vanity:
he had the best cook, a Chinese, in Borneo; took great trouble to have 
as good food as…possible; exercised much ingenuity in making the best 
of his materials; soldiers, stood to attention as he passed; noted with 
satisfaction that their bearing was martial;
liked their courtesy.
The analysis of the linguistic patterns in the text in relation to the 
cognitive processes they refl ect enable us to constitute the cognitive 
structure of the concept “
SNOB
” presented in the following diagram: 

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So, the above analysis gives us the opportunity to make an 
important conclusion that cultural concepts can be revealed to the 
full only within the framework of the literary text. Functioning in 
the text, the concept acquires a multitude of conceptual features 
constituting its complex multifarious structure. 
In conclusion it should be stressed that cultural concepts activated 
in the literary texts: a) generate new conceptual senses giving rise to 
various connotations and associations; b) give a deeper insight into 
the author’s intentions and evaluative attitude; c) convey cultural 
and nationally specifi c values of the English culture.