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But, because of the identity of France and its national identity
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with products of quality, with fine wines,
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with fine Bordeaux, with fine Burgundy,
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this denial became rather easier
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and the people who drank too much were not drinking
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fine Burgundies and fine Bordeaux, nor are they today.
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In 1875 Barrows discovered that
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the Grand Dictionnairen du XIXe siècle informed its readers that,
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in quote, "In our country although drunkenness is not unknown,
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it is far from having a character as repellent
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and as nefarious as in England and as in America."
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Now, one of the reasons why a dictionary consulted