Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . me at once; and it was full three monthsbefore he regained his reputation, which rose in proportion to hisfloridity. He is now very jolly and ingenious, and hath a goodconstitution for wit. Those who are thus adorned with the gifts of nature are aptto show their parts with too much ostentation: I would there-fore advise all the professors of this art never to tell stories butas they seem to grow out of the subject-matter of the conver-sation, or as they serve to illustrate or enliven it. Stories thatare very common are generally irks
Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . me at once; and it was full three monthsbefore he regained his reputation, which rose in proportion to hisfloridity. He is now very jolly and ingenious, and hath a goodconstitution for wit. Those who are thus adorned with the gifts of nature are aptto show their parts with too much ostentation: I would there-fore advise all the professors of this art never to tell stories butas they seem to grow out of the subject-matter of the conver-sation, or as they serve to illustrate or enliven it. Stories thatare very common are generally irksome; but may be aptly intro-duced, provided they be only hinted at, and mentioned by way ofallusion. Those that are altogether new should never be usheredin without a short and pertinent character of the chief personsconcerned, because by that means you make the company ac-quainted with them; and it is a certain rule, that slight andtrivial accounts of those who are familiar to us administer moremirth than the brightest points of wit in unknown 13899
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