Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 53
... conversation . It may arise among friends , and may not disturb their understanding ; but really good talk involves a thousand tacts and courtesies which are destroyed as soon as one of the company becomes pugnacious or dogmatic ...
... conversation . It may arise among friends , and may not disturb their understanding ; but really good talk involves a thousand tacts and courtesies which are destroyed as soon as one of the company becomes pugnacious or dogmatic ...
Page 82
... conversation . The dialogue form has been often used , as Plato used it , for the presentation of ideas . It has been used to present contemporary manners , as was done by Erasmus , by Swift in his brilliant , dia- bolical Polite ...
... conversation . The dialogue form has been often used , as Plato used it , for the presentation of ideas . It has been used to present contemporary manners , as was done by Erasmus , by Swift in his brilliant , dia- bolical Polite ...
Page 83
... conversation very brilliantly and is one of the most entertaining writers - down of dialogue who has ever lived , falters with the great . She was fluttered at being in their company . She is even not at her best in presenting her ...
... conversation very brilliantly and is one of the most entertaining writers - down of dialogue who has ever lived , falters with the great . She was fluttered at being in their company . She is even not at her best in presenting her ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
Copyright | |
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