He was one of the most, perhaps the most agreeable Conversationist of his age.
"Benjamin Franklin"
John Torrey Morse, Jr.
The morning passed very rapidly to the captain; the children amused him with their prattle, and when after an hour or two, Rosie grew tired of the bit of fancy-work she was doing under her sister's supervision, and yielded to Walter's entreaties to "come to the nursery and build block-houses," thus leaving Violet his sole companion, the moments sped faster than before; for he found her a very interesting and entertaining Conversationist.
"Grandmother Elsie"
Martha Finley
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.
"The Laws of Etiquette"
A Gentleman