The Living Age, Volume 247Living Age Company, 1905 |
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Page 147
... talk was a string of anecdotes , and who em- ployed the reluctant intervals of silence imposed upon them by the desperate attempt of fellow - guests to join in the fun , in arranging the points of their next anecdote . What seems to me ...
... talk was a string of anecdotes , and who em- ployed the reluctant intervals of silence imposed upon them by the desperate attempt of fellow - guests to join in the fun , in arranging the points of their next anecdote . What seems to me ...
Page 148
... talk one has a sudden sight of some- thing high , sweet , serious , austere . The other kind of talk that I find very disagreeable is the talk of a full- fledged egotist , who converses without reference to his hearers , and brings out ...
... talk one has a sudden sight of some- thing high , sweet , serious , austere . The other kind of talk that I find very disagreeable is the talk of a full- fledged egotist , who converses without reference to his hearers , and brings out ...
Page 151
... talk simply and naturally to anyone who has formed a mental picture of one , espe- cially if one is aware that it is not correct . But men are slower to form impressions , and thus talk is more ex- perimental ; moreover , in talking ...
... talk simply and naturally to anyone who has formed a mental picture of one , espe- cially if one is aware that it is not correct . But men are slower to form impressions , and thus talk is more ex- perimental ; moreover , in talking ...
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