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. Our Monthly - Página 881872Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Timbs - 1840 - 430 páginas
...saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. — Pope. It is a secret known to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life,...greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear \um.—Addison. An ingenious French writer observes, that those who depend on the merits of their ancestors,... | |
| Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1840 - 954 páginas
...in her stead as lady paramount of Tiverton Castle. CHAPTER III. When you fall into a man's company, the first thing you should consider is, whether he...greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear Aim." Sm RICHARD STEELE. THE new Earl and Countess of Tiverton were perhaps a degree less unamiable... | |
| 1841 - 644 páginas
...when you fall into & ji man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, || whether he ha* a greater inclination to hear you, or that || you should hear him.— Stctlc. Original. THE CROSS. BT PRANCES 5. 03GOOD. " WHAT did he preach about, mamma ?" My little girl... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 páginas
...can still be more agreeable to his company, ag well as pleased in himself, in being only a hearer. served me: l The latter is the more general desire, and I know very able flatterers that never speak a word in praise... | |
| 1846 - 110 páginas
...say ; and whether it be adapted to the time when, the place where, the person to whom it is spoken. It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use...inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. — Steele. One would think that the larger the company is in which we are engaged, the greater variety... | |
| Materials - 1846 - 478 páginas
...of a wild growth. — Spectator. FROM THE BEST AUTHORS. A Secret. — It is a secret known but to a few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that...inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. — Steele. Effects of Prohibition. — Man seldom has a strong desire for any lawful thing that is... | |
| 1848 - 574 páginas
...thousand years after their origin as on their day of birth." A SECRET. — It is a secret known but to a few, yet, of no small use in the conduct of life,...inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. — Sleele. DOOMSDAY BOOE. — This book, in two volumes, was the tax-book of all England, except Cumberland,... | |
| George Campbell - 1849 - 472 páginas
...appears some slight incongruity in the combination of the words, as in the quotations following : " When you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is — ."f Properly, " fall into conversation with a man." " I wish, sir, you would animadvert frequently... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 páginas
...never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish we had rather left unsaid. — Swift. It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use...you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing that you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear... | |
| 1851 - 746 páginas
...they shall die like beasts, they will soon be brought to live like beasts also. It is a secret known to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life,...inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. George II having ordered his gardens at Kew and Richmond to be opened, for the public, during part... | |
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