The Art of Conversing: Written for the Instruction of Youth in the Polite Manners and Language of the Drawing-roomJames French, 1846 - 96 pagine |
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Pagina vii
... the Chinese language , or in some dialect of Hindostan , but we are ignorant of any Euro- pean authority to which reference can be made as a guide to the art of Conversation . It may be necessary to observe , in the first Considerations,
... the Chinese language , or in some dialect of Hindostan , but we are ignorant of any Euro- pean authority to which reference can be made as a guide to the art of Conversation . It may be necessary to observe , in the first Considerations,
Pagina viii
... necessary to observe , in the first place , that talking is not conversing ; although the words are , by many , considered as synon- ymous . We trust to be enabled to throw some light upon this point , in the course of our work , and to ...
... necessary to observe , in the first place , that talking is not conversing ; although the words are , by many , considered as synon- ymous . We trust to be enabled to throw some light upon this point , in the course of our work , and to ...
Pagina 20
... offer . It would be far better that they should volun- tarily acknowledge the wit and interest , than that such acknowledgement should be forced from them . READING . It will be necessary to repair , by 20 THE ART OF CONVERSING .
... offer . It would be far better that they should volun- tarily acknowledge the wit and interest , than that such acknowledgement should be forced from them . READING . It will be necessary to repair , by 20 THE ART OF CONVERSING .
Pagina 21
... necessary to repair , by reading , the daily losses made in the world by conver- sation , and to select those writings alone which may be made the most available . Nearly all of the novels and romances , par- ticularly those laid upon ...
... necessary to repair , by reading , the daily losses made in the world by conver- sation , and to select those writings alone which may be made the most available . Nearly all of the novels and romances , par- ticularly those laid upon ...
Pagina 27
... necessary to watch one's self as well as others , and to maintain a deportment and language adapted to the lo- cality . In the room of the merchant , where are present men of business , bankers , speculators , & c . , the careless ...
... necessary to watch one's self as well as others , and to maintain a deportment and language adapted to the lo- cality . In the room of the merchant , where are present men of business , bankers , speculators , & c . , the careless ...
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acquaintance acquired adapted agreeable antitheses ART OF CONVERSING attention avoid beautiful Boston character Chesterfield commend common-places companion compliments contains COPY-BOOK Cornell Dimanche dinner Don Juan drawing-room duced endeavor to appear exer expressions favor flattering gentleman German Text give hand happy hear humor igno ignorant impertinent improper indulgence influence interest interview JAMES FRENCH jests lady language learned Learners listen Madame Geoffrin mand manner MASSACHUSETTS ment mind mode modest Molière Morning Post mortification necessary ness never Old English one's opinions passion Penmanship person perusal phrases PHYSIOGNOMY pleased polite possess pression previ profession proper propriety public speaking questions quires RECOMMENDATIONS regarded remarks respecting ridiculous sation Schools and Academies seldom silence social society sound speak speech spoken stupid superior tained tale talent talk thing tion tone utter vanity versation virtue woman women words WRITING BOOK
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Pagina 87 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
Pagina 84 - I would establish but one great general rule to be observed in all conversation, which is this, "that men should not talk to please themselves, but those that hear them." This would make them consider, whether what they speak be worth hearing; whether there be either wit or sense in what they are about to say; and, whether it be adapted to the time when, the place where, and the person to whom, it is spoken.
Pagina 86 - There is speaking well, speaking easily, speaking justly and speaking seasonably : It is offending against the last, to speak of entertainments before the indigent; of sound limbs and health before the infirm ; of houses and lands before one who has not so much as a dwelling; in a word, to speak of your prosperity before the miserable ; this conversation is cruel, and the comparison which naturally arises in them betwixt their condition and yours is excruciating.
Pagina 86 - IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself,' says Cowley ; ' it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him.' Let the tenor of his discourse be what it will upon this subject, it generally proceeds from vanity. An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred of talking of his own dear person.
Pagina 87 - And surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish we had rather left unsaid; nor can there anything be well more contrary to the ends for which people meet together, than to part unsatisfied with each other or themselves.
Pagina 82 - GOOD manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company.
Pagina 85 - The best is to take words as they are most commonly spoken and meant, like coin, as it most currently passes, without raising scruples upon the weight of the allay, unless the cheat or the defect be gross and evident.
Pagina 83 - THERE is nothing, (says Plato,) so delightful, as the hearing or the speaking of truth.' For this reason there is no conversation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity, who hears without any intention to betray, and speaks without any intention to deceive.
Pagina 3 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Pagina 83 - From social intercourse are derived some of the highest enjoyments of life ; where there in a free interchange of sentiments the mind acquires new ideas, and by a frequent exercise of its powers, the understanding gains fresh vigor.— Acidison.