The Pursuits of Leisure & Other EssaysBooks for Libraries Press, 1968 - 162 Seiten |
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... conversation as the best round game for grown- up people ; and that for ' general conversation ' there was nothing in England comparable with the talk at a French dinner - party . But here , again , after a long and privileged ...
... conversation as the best round game for grown- up people ; and that for ' general conversation ' there was nothing in England comparable with the talk at a French dinner - party . But here , again , after a long and privileged ...
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... conversation that we should consider brilliant to - day . There is plenty of contemporary evidence to show that in Paris , on such an evening , the Marquis de B. was in excellent form ; that on the following night Mme . de M. was at her ...
... conversation that we should consider brilliant to - day . There is plenty of contemporary evidence to show that in Paris , on such an evening , the Marquis de B. was in excellent form ; that on the following night Mme . de M. was at her ...
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... conversation , ' which can no longer be accurately defined as a monologue with intervals for applause . ' I would not hesitate to ask even the most prejudiced laudator temporis acti , who believes that the art of conversation is dead or ...
... conversation , ' which can no longer be accurately defined as a monologue with intervals for applause . ' I would not hesitate to ask even the most prejudiced laudator temporis acti , who believes that the art of conversation is dead or ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
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