...he can still be more agreeable to his company, as well as pleased in himself in being only a hearer. It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use...inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. The latter is the most general desire, and 1 know very able flatterers that never speak a word in praise...

...of our moral character, from those who are about us. — Locke. SOCIETY, A SECRET OF SUCCESS IN. — It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use...inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. — Steele. SOCIETY, HOW TO EXCEL IN. — To attain excellence in society, an assemblage of qualifications...

...can still be more agreeable to his company, as well as pleased in himself, in being only an hearer. It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use...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...

...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...in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a V man's conversation, the first thing that you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination...

...sapit. Men and their manners I describe. n; only an hearer. It is a secret known but to few, yet of nil use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's ••ton. the first thing you should consider is, whether lie has iter inclination to hear you, or...

...offers it, wears a ring set with diamonds.—Franklin. A SECRET KNOWN TO FEW. 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 him.—Addison. SLANDER. No; 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms...

...and let me tell you, good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.—Izaak Walton. 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...

...Talk flows out with unoffensive copiousness, and unenvied insipidity. (Kcmbersatton, — steeie. TT is a Secret known but to few, yet of no small use...inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. Sir William Temple. TN Conversation, Humour is more than Wit, Easiness more than Knowledge ; few desire...

...school but by the proxie of an usher. — Fuller. cxux. I.,. a It is a secret known but to few, yet ef no small use in the conduct of life, that when you...inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. — Steele. ClJ W To smaller ends of Greek Or Latin be ihe rhetorique Of pedants counted, and vain-glorious,...

...they grow negligent, and scorn to touch the school but by the proxie of an usher. — Fuller. CXLIX. It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use...conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether fie has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. — Steele. CL. To smatter...