Speech CompositionF. S. Crofts & Company, 1937 - 385 pages |
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... hand for ready use , it is not used at all . Yet , if a dictionary is worth buying , it ought to be worth keeping at hand for ready use . Woodrow Wilson , who possessed probably the greatest active vocabulary of all the statesmen of his ...
... hand for ready use , it is not used at all . Yet , if a dictionary is worth buying , it ought to be worth keeping at hand for ready use . Woodrow Wilson , who possessed probably the greatest active vocabulary of all the statesmen of his ...
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... hand at each repetition of these words in the chorus . Methodists sang one verse , Baptists another , Presbyterians a third , and all others a fourth . All people living in the state raised their hands , then all people living out- side ...
... hand at each repetition of these words in the chorus . Methodists sang one verse , Baptists another , Presbyterians a third , and all others a fourth . All people living in the state raised their hands , then all people living out- side ...
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... hand ; I saw him in Egypt in the shadows of the Pyramids ; I saw him con- quer the Alps and mingle the eagle of France with the eagles of the crags ; I saw him at Marengo , at Ulm , at Austerlitz . I saw him in Russia , when the ...
... hand ; I saw him in Egypt in the shadows of the Pyramids ; I saw him con- quer the Alps and mingle the eagle of France with the eagles of the crags ; I saw him at Marengo , at Ulm , at Austerlitz . I saw him in Russia , when the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
Copyright | |
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