The National Review, Volume 19W.H. Allen, 1892 - English literature |
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Page 179
... manner . But when a gentleman is speaking to them they like him to speak as a gentleman ; and the difficulty is to comply with this demand , and yet to use language which shall be perfectly plain to them . The suspicion that you were ...
... manner . But when a gentleman is speaking to them they like him to speak as a gentleman ; and the difficulty is to comply with this demand , and yet to use language which shall be perfectly plain to them . The suspicion that you were ...
Page 267
... manner which is rather irritating , that " it may be questioned whether the English Government maintained to the last that system of dignified abstention and neutrality which they had at first displayed . " Evidently he thinks that ...
... manner which is rather irritating , that " it may be questioned whether the English Government maintained to the last that system of dignified abstention and neutrality which they had at first displayed . " Evidently he thinks that ...
Page 500
... manner with which she had welcomed her guests must have fallen very flat , and her inevitable talk of herself and her accomplishments flatter still . We will close with one more anecdote , one related by herself . 99 Soon after the ...
... manner with which she had welcomed her guests must have fallen very flat , and her inevitable talk of herself and her accomplishments flatter still . We will close with one more anecdote , one related by herself . 99 Soon after the ...
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