The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
He very politely assured her that she would ‘do him proud’, whenever she might please to call at Hook Court.
It is arguable that Litvinov, had he met with civility and those supple conversations à deux in which trained diplomats excel, might have stopped the war... --William Manchester, The Last Lion Vol. 2, page 458
It is arguable that Litvinov, had he met with civility and those supple conversations à deux in which trained diplomats excel, might have stopped the war...
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