On Conversation (1756) [ Concepts ]
… grammar.”] Juv. Sat. vi. 452 Your talk to decency and reason suit, Nor prate like fools, nor gabble like a brute. In the comedy of ‘The Frenchman in London,’ which we are told was acted at Paris with universal applause for several nights … I have heard it given as a reason, why it is impossible for our present writers to succeed in the dialogue of genteel comedy, that our people of quality scarce ever meet but to game. All their discourse turns upon the odd trick and the …
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