William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]
… of wit, a constant readiness to be pleased and give pleasure’ ( The Life , vol. I, 18). He quickly mastered the art of conversation and this made him both a most welcome guest and a wonderful host 6 : Madame de Stael declared that ‘he was … society I am too apt to lose the sense of God’s presence, or possess it feebly and faintly, and I do not try to turn the conversation, and practise the company regulations which I have made‘ ( The Life , vol. III, 435). In a self-castigating … 2014), p. 85-110. 13 . Hannah More used her pen more than the power of talk, but women were expected to make the most of conversation ‘rather than formal debating or the more direct speech of political activism’ (Miles Ogborn, The Freedom of …
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