Speeches One Has to Live Down. From English Society. Sketched by George du Maurier. Click on image to enlarge it.
Hostess.— “So sorry to have kept you waiting, Mr. Green.”
Visitor.— “Oh, don’t mention it. The anticipation, you know, is always so much brighter than the reality.”
Unlucky Speeches, Ill-Considered Utterances, and Things One Could Wish to Have Expressed Otherwise
- "Those Infelicitious Speeches"
- "Taking One Too Much at One's Word"
- "Neighbourly Compliments"
- "Unlucky Speeches"
- "An Unappreciated Compliment"
- "Things One Could Wish to Have Expressed Otherwise"
- "Things One Would Have Expressed Differently"
- "Things One Would Have Expressed Differently" (2)
- "Things One Would Have Expressed Differently" (4)
- "Ill-Considered Utterances"
- "An Equivocal Compliment"
- "Too Kind by Half"
- "An Infelicitious Speech"
- "Too Considerate"
- "Consolation"
- "Infelicitious Queries"
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Bibliography
English Society. Sketched by George du Maurier. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1897.
Created 1 July 2001
Last modified 30 April 2020