causerie
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Whatever was the nature of His Majesty's causerie he arrived at Santander seemingly more spruce and sprightly than ever.
From Time Magazine Archive
As for the exquisite little causerie it remains to us safe and secure, veritable treasure-trove of unsullied gold against the years that the locust hath eaten.
From Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf by Rennell Rodd
Up to this time, he had observed a profound silence; but for all that, I fancied he was not disinclined to a little causerie.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
Mademoiselle," he returned tremulously, "when I wrote the causerie you refer to, my interest in you was purely the interest of a journalist, so for that I do not deserve your thanks.
From A Chair on the Boulevard by Leonard Merrick
He had lived much in Paris, where he studied impressionism and perfected his natural talent for causerie and his inborn preference for the hedonistic view of life.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill
As the urbane veteran of perhaps 100 diplomatic causeries in the last ten months, Mr. Davis could afford to ignore the implication of naivete.
From Time Magazine Archive
His plays are witty, caustic causeries of a decadent society.
From Time Magazine Archive
He and his wife spoke English with a strong foreign accent; in their more intimate causeries they dropped into Yiddish.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill
Five minutes of normal causeries, mere currencies of speech, and then the match to the train!
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
But it is a good piece of special pleading, an excellent piece of writing, and one of the very best and most consummate literary causeries in English.
From Matthew Arnold by George Saintsbury
