The Art of Conversation, Vol. 1 of 3: In Three Parts Interspers'd With Many Foreign Proverbs, and Pleasant Stories; The Whole Fitted to Divert, ... and Circumstance in Life (Classic Reprint) - Stefano Guazzo, Paperback

• Release Date   6/11/2017
• ISBN-13   9781331843825 | 978-1-331-84382-5
• ISBN   1331843820 | 1-331-84382-0
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   Stefano Guazzo
• Excerpt from The Art of Conversation, Vol. 1 of 3: In Three Parts Interspers'd With Many Foreign Proverbs, and Pleasant Stories. The Whole Fitted to Divert, Instruct, and Entertain Person of Every Taste, Quality, and Circumstance in LifeTo enumerate all the Benefits and Advantages of Society. to fpecijy the various Branches, and jhew the the Topics, and Management of facial Confidence and Conneryhtion, would he to. write a Treatifi, and antici. Pate the Defign of the fillowing Work. Ire/lead of which, let us hear the Account the Author him/2h gives, in his Proem, of the Occafion and Reeyons of his writing this 'piec'e, which was fr/l puhli/hed upwards of 160 nars a o. G He fays, that his Duty requiring him to pay his Reypee'ts to his old Friend and Mafler, lewis gonzaga, Duhe of Nevers, Lieutenant General of the mo/l Chri/tian King, charl-es IX. Then at Saluce, he found near his Perfin, his Brother william guazzo, hut reduced to jb weak and low a Condition hy the Severity of a Quartan figue, that the Sight of him drew' Tears from his Eyes. But not willing to di/éourage him, jays this Writer' his Brother, I put on a chearful flir, and gave him Hopes of recovering his: Health, if he would hut oifit his Parents and Friends, who longed to fee him: at Rome. and where lihewifi he might have the fld'vice of fame ahle Phyfi cian. Accordingly, fame floort Time after, the Duhe coming to that City. To. pay his De'voirs to his Con/in, the Prince/s leonora of Aufiria, he too/é: with him my Brother, and permitted him to [lay with his Relations the Space of fix Days. Upon which we had a Coryultation of the mo/f eminent Ploy/it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully. any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.