 | ...LAURENCE STERNE He speaketh not; and yet there lies a conversation in his eyes. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW When you fall into a man's conversation, the first...inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. SIR RICHARD STEELE Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. SAMUEL JOHNSON Talk... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 580 pagine
...troubled withaL William Shakespeare, 1597, Henry IV, Part 2, 1. ii. 123 19:38 It is a Secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the Conduct of Life,...Inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. The latter is the more general Desire, and I know very able Flatterers that never speak a word in Praise... | |
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...question, in order to regulate how he should ride, " Are you buying or selling?" It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life,...inclination to hear you or that you should hear him. — Slecle. LOCKE DAMPER < a REGULATOR^- ^ METAL SKYLIGHTS. Proof against leaks from weather and condensation.... | |
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It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. 
