On Conversation (1790) [ Practices ]
… they may choose to exercise, will always suffer the privilege of being rude to lie dorman. In every country it is social pleasure that sheds the most delicious flowers which grow on the path of life; but in France she covers the whole way … who have formed a language, of which the common-place phrases give you the idea of wit! … "In every country it is social pleasure that sheds the most delicious flowers which grow on the path of life; but in France she covers the whole way …
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