causerie

• “It was their custom to meet once a week, at the house of one or another, for a "causerie," as the avocat called it.”

  The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker

• “causerie" which meditates more broadly on the novelist's life, and on his relations with contemporary writers.”

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• “A.J. P. Taylor's causerie on Irish history, "A Very Special Case" [NYR, J.ly 28], is an indication that Englishmen should not write on Irish subjects because of an.”

  Irish History

• “Early in the seventeenth century the/causerie/(chat) was highly esteemed in France.”

  Book of Etiquette, Volume 2

• “This work is a literary _causerie_ inspired in part by the reading of Alexandrian criticism, but in larger part by experience.”

  Horace and His Influence

• “As in time it did not die away, but began to get a little more heated (one voice appearing to be raised in entreaty and the other, Elizabeth's, in protest), I thought I had better saunter out and interrupt the causerie.”

  Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel

• “It was, furthermore, extremely bright, everybody was out in the open, and although the amateurs had come prepared for a momentary brush with a bowel or two, they had no reason to expect a prolonged causerie upon even more intimate matters.”

  Tutors' Lane

• “There was a spirit of literature in the air" says Mr. Benjamin Sulte writing of these times, "and this came not only by reading but by the more important practice of conversation and 'causerie de salon' which is so thoroughly French.”

  Canadian Cities of Romance

• “With his tail slightly vibrant, he conducts a dignified causerie.”

  Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned

• “I am sure that a _causerie_ by Sainte-Beuve often sends a reader, with”

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