The Companion: After-dinner Table-talkG. P. Putnam, 1850 - 192 páginas |
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... laughter , and per- fumes , to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage , and to " charm his pained steps over the burning marle . " -Sydney Smith . RAILLERY . Raillery is the finest part of conversation ; 12 AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK .
... laughter , and per- fumes , to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage , and to " charm his pained steps over the burning marle . " -Sydney Smith . RAILLERY . Raillery is the finest part of conversation ; 12 AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK .
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... laugh on his side , and then carrying all before him . The French , from whence we borrow the word , have a quite different idea of the thing , and so had we in the politer age of our fathers . Raillery , was to say something that at ...
... laugh on his side , and then carrying all before him . The French , from whence we borrow the word , have a quite different idea of the thing , and so had we in the politer age of our fathers . Raillery , was to say something that at ...
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... - Swift to Bolingbroke . STUPID STORIES . " A stupid story , " says Walpole , " or idea , will sometimes make one laugh more than wit . " LOSING TIME . One night when Matthews was going to 18 AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK.-
... - Swift to Bolingbroke . STUPID STORIES . " A stupid story , " says Walpole , " or idea , will sometimes make one laugh more than wit . " LOSING TIME . One night when Matthews was going to 18 AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK.-
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... laughed , and you wondered ; and the wonderful creature who made you do all at will , never let it appear that he was more than your equal , and was quite willing , if you chose , to become your auditor . It is said of Swift that his ...
... laughed , and you wondered ; and the wonderful creature who made you do all at will , never let it appear that he was more than your equal , and was quite willing , if you chose , to become your auditor . It is said of Swift that his ...
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... laugh at them ; or to make game of them , is , by a very extravagant and laughable sort of ignorance of words , to rank them among pheas- ants , partridges , and other such delicacies , which the law takes under its protection , and ...
... laugh at them ; or to make game of them , is , by a very extravagant and laughable sort of ignorance of words , to rank them among pheas- ants , partridges , and other such delicacies , which the law takes under its protection , and ...
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