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THE

RHETORIC OF CONVERSATION:

OR,

BRIDLES AND SPURS

FOR

THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TONGUE.

BY

GEORGE WINFRED HERVEY,

AUTHOR OF "THE PRINCIPLES OF COURTESY."

"If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man."-JAMES.
Dicenda tacendaque calles ?-PERSIUS.

"Knowest thou when to speak and when to hold thy peace ?"

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
329 & 331 PEARL STREET,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1853.