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This , in what may be called “ group " talk , is an important factor . No argument begins ; the common aim is a pooling of knowledge for the amusement of all . Painters talk well , too ; in my experience they talk better than authors ...
This , in what may be called “ group " talk , is an important factor . No argument begins ; the common aim is a pooling of knowledge for the amusement of all . Painters talk well , too ; in my experience they talk better than authors ...
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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 .
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 .
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present at Lamb's when such men were talking . I believe theirs to have been the best talk ever talked by Englishmen . Among modern writers , I put first ( naming those I have known ) , Mr Maugham , James Stephens , and Mr Compton ...
present at Lamb's when such men were talking . I believe theirs to have been the best talk ever talked by Englishmen . Among modern writers , I put first ( naming those I have known ) , Mr Maugham , James Stephens , and Mr Compton ...
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WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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