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Author: Jonathan Swift
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-11-19
Total Pages: 116
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Polite Conversation in Three Dialogues" is a book created by the legendary writer Jonathan Swift, credited for a strong influence on the formation of the English language. For example, the famous phrase "Raining cats and dogs" comes from his works, as well as many other expressions.
Author: Jonathan Swift
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Published: 1783
Total Pages: 198
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Lee
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 165
ISBN-13: 1434305252
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen John Lee joined the Merchant Navy he had no idea of the adventures which were to come his way over the next ten years. An innocent sixteen year old from East Yorkshire, he was first apprenticed to the toughest of trampship companies before experiencing the potentially explosive delights of life on an oil tanker.Finally, as a young officer enjoying rather more civilised surroundings, he is obliged to learn the art of polite conversation as he mixes with affluent first class passengers and takes charge of a memorable rescue at sea.... The book is a fascinating insight into life in the Merchant Navy of the 1950's and 60's peppered with a wealth of characters and stories. Often hilarious, but always truthful and entertaining, life on board and in port is described in all its facets- the typhoons, icy, bone-chilling North Atlantic gales, freak waves and near disasters, awful food and the demon drink. The stories and anecdotes come thick and fast of gnarled seadogs and eccentric captains, knife fights and bandits as well as sex pests and the beguiling females who haunt the dock gates. This entertaining book is a window on a way of life now largely gone, a tribute to that unique breed of men who put their skills and mettle to the test as they crossed the wild, unforgiving oceans of the world.
Author: Jonathan Swift
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Published: 1814
Total Pages: 446
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jonathan Swift
Publisher: London : Printed and issued by Charles Whittingham & Company at the Chiswick Press
Published: 1892
Total Pages: 240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jonathan Swift
Publisher: London : A. Duetsch
Published: 1963
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Arthur Martine
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 173
ISBN-13: 1557094292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to etiquette that was used right after the Civil War. Recommended by the Confederate Yankee.
Author: Jonathan Swift
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Published: 2019-02-27
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780526101436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Katharine Glover
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1843836815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWomen are shown to have played an important and very visible role in society at the time. Fashionable "polite" society of this period emphasised mixed-gender sociability and encouraged the visible participation of elite women in a series of urban, often public settings. Using a variety of sources (both men's and women's correspondence, accounts, bills, memoirs and other family papers), this book investigates the ways in which polite social practices and expectations influenced the experience of elite femininity in Scotland in the eighteenth century. It explores women's education and upbringing; their reading practices; the meanings of the social spaces and activities in which they engaged and how this fed over into the realm of politics; and the fashion for tourism at home and abroad. It also asks how elite women used polite social spaces and practices to extend their mental horizons and to form a sense of belonging to a public at a time when Scotland was among the most intellectually vibrant societies in Europe.
Author: David S. Shields
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2012-12-01
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 0807838349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn cities from Boston to Charleston, elite men and women of eighteenth-century British America came together in private venues to script a polite culture. By examining their various 'texts'--conversations, letters, newspapers, and privately circulated manuscripts--David Shields reconstructs the discourse of civility that flourished in and further shaped elite society in British America.
