Hints Toward an Essay on Conversation (c. 1713) [ Practices ]
… their petticoats, or their fans, or their china. For which reason, although it be a piece of prudence, as well as good manners, to put men upon talking on subjects they are best versed in, yet that is a liberty a wise man could hardly take; … because that is in the grossest manner to give the preference to our own good sense. There are some people, whose good manners will not suffer them to interrupt you; but what is almost as bad, will discover abundance of impatience, and lie …
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