...can still be more agreeable to his company, as well as pleased in himself, in being only a nearer. 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...

...more than knowledge There is speaking well, speaking easily, speaking justly and speaking reasonably. When you fall into a man's conversation, the first...consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear yon, or that you should hear him. He who is sedulously attentive — who pointedly asks, coolly answers...

...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." " 1 wish, sir, you would animadvert frequently...

...act of injustice ; it is an encroachment on the common right of mankind. It is a secret known to very few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that...inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. He that converses not with man, knoweth nothing. To subject ourselves to inconvenience, is the rule...

...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." " 1 wish, sir, you wouid animadvert frequently...

...of her lover's wreathing ; The while she proudly shows her flowers, Her love in perfumes breathing. IT is a secret known but to few, yet of no small usein the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should...

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

...that our conversation should rather be laid out on things than persons. Quoted, -WATTS— On the Mind. IT is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use...inclination to hear you or that you should hear him. Spectator. ONE thing which makes us find so fow people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation...

...sympathetic response will often give one the reputation of being a charming talker. Stecle says, " It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into i man's conversation, the first thing that you should consider is whether he has a greater inclination...

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