Author: John Pentland MahaffyPublisher:
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Category : Conversation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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The Principles of the Art of Conversation
Author: John Pentland MahaffyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conversation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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PRINCIPLES OF THE ART OF CONVERSATION
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ISBN: 9781033257050
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Languages : en
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The Principles of the Art of Conversation
Author: John Pentland MahaffyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conversation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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The Principles of the Art of Conversation
Author: J.P. MahaffyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368923129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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The Principles of the Art of Conversation
Author: J. P. MahaffyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387097565
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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The Principles of the Art of Conversation
Author: Sir John Pentland MahaffyPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230297002
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Languages : en
Pages : 28
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... Xliv virtues of poaching 135 makes them masters of their craft, and whose long association with their superiors in matters of sport has given them perfect ease and even charm of manners. Conversation with these people, which is often prolonged through many hours, is not only very instructive--a secondary matter to us now--but exceedingly amusing, from the perfect frankness as well as tact with which they speak their mind to the sporting friend, whom they regard as their inferior or equal from a professional point of view. It is this perfect liberty, this spiritual equality, often designated as the free masonry of sport, from which arises the charm of talking upon subjects of common interest to one confessedly inferior in many respects. But in one he is commonly your superior, even apart from his sport. It has been far more important to him all his life to study and know the characters of his employers than it has been for them to study his, and so he is generally your superior in perceiving what will please, and what topics are to be selected or avoided in conversation. Nothing has struck me more in many such talks than the acute estimate which these people form of the strength and weakness of those who are their patrons. These are illustrations of a general kind, to show how inferiority in social station may not imply inferiority for the purposes of conversation, so that we may even here attain that equality which I regard as essential for its success. The Relations Of Sex And Age 45. So far we have been considering the quality of the company as determined by social position, which, if not an absolutely artificial distinction, is at least frequently such, so that it may be even reversed by circumstances. There are Xlv charming...
The Principles of the Art of Conversation
Author: Sir Mahaffy John PentlandPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780526770045
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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The Principles of the Art of Conversation (Classic Reprint)
Author: J. P. MahaffyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266244165
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Excerpt from The Principles of the Art of Conversation Conversation (i) is universal (2) is necessary; and therefore (3) Is it an art? 2) (4) Can it be improved? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John Pentland Mahaffy
Author: J.P. Mahaffy