Rays of Genius Collected to Enlighten the Rising Generation, Volume 1proprietor, 1806 - English literature |
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... conversation , depends on two points ; one , expressing agreeable ideas with ease and elegance , the other , in attending , with politeness , to the person with whom you converse ; for it is to the virtue and errors of our conversation ...
... conversation , depends on two points ; one , expressing agreeable ideas with ease and elegance , the other , in attending , with politeness , to the person with whom you converse ; for it is to the virtue and errors of our conversation ...
Page 236
... conversation.— “ Among too many other instances of the great corruption and de- generacy of the age wherein we live , the general want of sincerity in conversation is not the least . The world is grown so full of dissimulation and ...
... conversation.— “ Among too many other instances of the great corruption and de- generacy of the age wherein we live , the general want of sincerity in conversation is not the least . The world is grown so full of dissimulation and ...
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... conversation can produce , For moral happiness and social use . In life's gay spring ' tis that perpetual school , Which moulds the manners , free from rigid rule , Gives flow of speech , and readiness to scan The various habitudes of ...
... conversation can produce , For moral happiness and social use . In life's gay spring ' tis that perpetual school , Which moulds the manners , free from rigid rule , Gives flow of speech , and readiness to scan The various habitudes of ...
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