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Béat Louis de Muralt

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thumb|Beef is the favourite Dish as well at the King's Table as at a Tradesman's. Beat Ludwig von Muralt, also known as Béat Louis de Muralt (baptized 9 January 1665 – 20 November 1749), was a Swiss military officer, author and travel writer, best known for his study of national characters. Quotes Lettres sur les Anglois et les François, et sur les voiages (1725) Les Plaisirs de la Table, chez cette Nation heureuse, sont au rang des Plaisirs ordinaires & communs: tout le monde est accoutumé ici à faire bonne chére. Ils la font consister principalement dans leurs differens Poudins, dans les Guldenpepins, qui sont une excellente sorte de Pommes reinettes, dans les Huitres vertes, qui sont délicieuses, & dans le Bœuf roti, qui fait le grand plat, fur la Table du Roi, aussi bien que fur celle de l'Artisan; il n'est point rare de voir de ces piéces de Bœuf de vingt jusques à trente livres, & on en voit même de trentrente jusques à quarante: c'est comme le Signe de la Prospérité & de l'Abondance génerale des Anglois. The Pleasures of the Table in this happy Nation, may be put in the same Rank with the ordinary, every one is accustom'd to good eating. It consists chiefly in a variety of Puddings, Golden-Pippins, which is an excellent kind of Apples, delicious green Oysters, and Roast-Beef, which is the favourite Dish as well at the King's Table as at a Tradesman's; 'tis common to see one of these Pieces weigh from twenty to thirty Pound, and from thirty to forty: And this may be said to be (as it were) the Emblem of the Prosperity and Plenty of the English. Letter III thumb|Their Dogs are...the boldest in the World, and...the least bragging. ... There's a strong Resemblance in many things between the English and their Dogs. Les Chiens de ce Païs sont, je crois, ce qu'il y a au monde de plus brave, &, si cela se peut dire, de moins fanfaron. Ils n'aboient, ni ne mordent personne; & se batent jusques à la Mort contre les Taureaux, contre qui on les fait battre, toûjours sans aboier & sans crier. Quelquefois on voit de ces Chiens, ayant la jambe caffée, se trainer pour retourner à la charge. On assure qu'il y en eut un, du tems du Roi Charles Second, qui tua un Lion, & que, d'expérience faite, ceux qui sont de bonne race se laissent couper les quatre jambes l'une après l'autre sans lâcher prise. Si j'osois, je dirois volontiers, qu'il y a de la conformité en bien des choses entre les Anglois & leurs Dogues. Les uns & les autres sont taciturnes, têtus, paresseux, ne pouvant suportër la Fatigue, nullement querelleux, mais intrépides, s'acharnant au Combat, paroissant insensibles aux Coups, & ne pouvant se séparer. Their Dogs are, I believe, the boldest in the World, and (if the Term may be used) the least bragging. They neither bark nor bite; they fight to Death without any Noise. One may see some of these Creatures dragging along a broken Leg, and returning to the Charge. I am assur'd that one of them, in King Charles II's time, kill'd a Lion, and that it has been proved by Experience, that such as are of a true breed will suffer their Legs to be cut off, one after another, without letting go their hold. If I durst, I would readily say, that there's a strong Resemblance in many things between the English and their Dogs. Both are silent, head-strong, lazy, unfit for Fatigue, no way quarrelsome, intrepid, eager in fight, insensible of blows, and incapable of parting. Letter III External links Letters Describing the Character and Customs of the English and French Nations, with a Curious Essay on Travelling (London: Tho. Edlin, 1726)