Richard Sharpe, the "conversationist" as he was called in London, kept a regular book of entry, in which he recorded where and before whom he had uttered severally his choice sayings. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
He's a conversationist who saw this devastation for himself in Indonesia. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2004] Reference
I find it very hard to keep focus however the guy last night was a self conversationist. From Wordnik.com. [miss-k2 Diary Entry] Reference
A good shrugger in Italy is admired, just as a good conversationist is in England, or a good stump orator in America. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
As an author, therefore, he is sententious; as a conversationist, loose and verbose; -- or the reverse of this may be true. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858] Reference
Macaulay, on all festive occasions, proved himself as elegant a conversationist as he was a writer; his tone was thoroughly. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Before a few minutes had elapsed, I could fully comprehend her title to the renown of the most captivating conversationist of Paris. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
Not only was I tired, but listening to the same pedantic metaphysical reasoning for the second time from my friend, normally a lively conversationist, bored me out of my skull. From Wordnik.com. [An East Wind Coming]
He is a cautious conversationist, as might be expected of one who has so deeply delved into the most cautious of all professions, but in the mind of the thoughtful reader this should add to the value of his utterances, which, as expressed in the following columns, were carefully revised by him before going into type. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe] Reference
On the brilliant conversationist is inflicted the penalty of never enjoying a rest in society: her expected employment is to amuse others, not herself; the beauty is the dread of all the jealous wives and anxious mothers, and the object of a notice which is almost incompatible with happiness: I never saw a happy beauty, did you?. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends] Reference
Nora was a woman to laugh and chat with; Nora was kind and gracious, and gentle too; Nora was amiable as well as witty; charming in manner, piquant in expression, inimitable at an anecdote, with never-failing resources, a first-rate lady-conversationist, if I may use so formidable a word -- in fact, a thoroughly fascinating woman; but Marion!. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
She considered herself a superior conversationist. From Wordnik.com. [The Gilded Age A tale of today] Reference
But he was as charming, and a nice conversationist. From Wordnik.com. [My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt] Reference
A fascinating and instructive conversationist, Mrs. Parker's reminiscences. From Wordnik.com. [" Eagle Clippings " by Jack Thorne, Newspaper Correspondent and Story Teller, A Collection of His Writings to Various Newspapers] Reference
Tibby, who was no conversationist, gave her every opportunity for meditation. From Wordnik.com. [Jill the Reckless] Reference
He was one of the most, perhaps the most agreeable conversationist of his age. From Wordnik.com. [Benjamin Franklin] Reference
But she's not just into the explicit XXX action - Mindy is quite the conversationist!. From Wordnik.com. [The Velvet Hot Tub | Freshest Stories] Reference
Her life long companion was her next older sister Florence who was an accomplished teacher and a brilliant conversationist. From Wordnik.com. [Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction Compiled and edited by Hallie Q. Brown 250 p., ill.] Reference
The conservationist wife and daughter and the non conversationist husband and son are constantly at logger heads (My HOME!!!). From Wordnik.com. [Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles] Reference
He wears a moustache and imperial; is lively, a good conversationist, agreeable and enough of a man of the world to amuse the ladies. From Wordnik.com. [The Man With The Broken Ear] Reference
But I am not afraid to place beside them an American woman, uncrowned by extravagant adulation, but fully their equal -- the artist, poet, conversationist, Anne C.L. Botta. From Wordnik.com. [Memories and Anecdotes] Reference
Of all the people who've stepped up to the mic for the press following their screenings so far, the one who'd far and away make for the most engaging after-hours conversationist is. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
Mr. Taylor is reckoned a brilliant conversationist; but I suppose he requires somebody to draw him out and assist him; for I could hear nothing that I thought very remarkable on this occasion. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 2.] Reference
Shortly the ambassador appeared, and made himself highly agreeable; not that he is a brilliant conversationist, but his excellent sense and good-humor, and all that he has seen and been a part of, are sufficient resources to draw upon. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.] Reference
It will have been perceived that Miss Fotheringay, though silent in general, and by no means brilliant as a conversationist, where poetry, literature, or the fine arts were concerned, could talk freely, and with good sense, too, in her own family circle. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
As I have before said, not having been much given to society, nor therefore a professional parasite of Amphitryon (though sometimes tempted to his side as “a lion,” but more often vainly, for I always refused if I could), I have an instructive anecdote to give about a celebrated conversationist, whom I will not name nor indicate even by initials. From Wordnik.com. [My Life as an Author]
But she certainly was, now, a beautiful conversationist! ". From Wordnik.com. [Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch] Reference
But I am not afraid to place beside them an American woman, uncrowned by extravagant adulation, but fully their equal ” the artist, poet, conversationist, Anne C.L. Botta. From Wordnik.com. [Memories and Anecdotes]
Skoobs at Old Towm PJ, this place is beaming with old world charm and the proprietor is a jolly good conversationist has recommended me some good (albeit difficult - to me at least) stuff (eg. From Wordnik.com. [How Squidgy is Your Bookshop?] Reference
I wondered what such a vision could perceive in a godlike man such as the demon who, although basically a pleasant person and dandy conversationist I wished all the luck in the world, was undeniably shallow; that is, I wondered until it occurred to me that even the personification of purity must feel the need to lubricate for a An East Wind Coming 143 man every once and awhile, and there was no accounting for taste. From Wordnik.com. [An East Wind Coming]
His qualities as a conversationist. From Wordnik.com. [[Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White] Reference
She was, now, a beautiful conversationist!. From Wordnik.com. [Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch] Reference
Good conversationist. From Wordnik.com. [goldylockz22 Diary Entry] Reference
Timberlake: he’s a good conversationist. From Wordnik.com. [Beat 360° – 9/21/2009] Reference
As woman, novelist, philosopher, litterateur, and conversationist, she has marked, if not equal, claims upon our attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
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