Conversation [ Communication / Education / Social interaction / Language & Speech ]
… Children Controversy Gentleman Masculinity Politeness Science Women ‘Conversation’, as developed in seventeenth-century France, was considered the consummate expression of the social, linguistic and aesthetic ideals of politesse. Conceived … vol. 2, Les Discours, p. 102-105. These key principles were followed in eighteenth-century England while conversation in France remained a model for the English to emulate. ‘It will be hard to find anywhere more agreeable conversation than …
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