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THE

ART OF CONVERSING.

WRITTEN FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUTH IN
THE POLITE MANNERS AND LANGUAGE

OF THE DRAWING-ROOM.

BY A

SOCIETY OF GENTLEMEN.

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"Causer est le premier des plaisirs domestiques."-DELILLE.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by
JAMES FRENCH,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of

Massachusetts.

BOSTON:

Printed by S. N. Dickinson & Company, 52 Washington Street.