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Subject: Re: Henry Fielding died (8/10/1754)
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 07:34:19 +0100
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 Ar an naoiú lá de mí Deireadh Fómhair, scríobh Ross Clark: 

 > Sorry, a bit late today, but there's not much here.
 > Fielding (author of _Tom Jones_ etc.) wrote an early booklet, _Essay on
 > Conversation_, which is advice on how to manifest "good breeding" when taking
 > part in conversation.

Is Dale Carnegie in the book somewhere? He wrote books full of good advice,
much of which was language-oriented, and all of which had much more cultural
currency than this essay.

 > Don't
 > 	- talk more than your share
 > 	- lose your temper or raise your voice
 > 	- boast
 > 	- talk a lot about the "mysteries" of a profession
 > 		to which most of the company do not belong.
 > 		(He thinks lawyers - of which he was one -
 > 		are particularly guilty of this.)

-- 
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)