Modern Eloquence, Volume 10Thomas Brackett Reed G.L. Shuman & Company, 1901 |
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... course a level of public speaking which does not require an elaborate fore- cast of words and phrases ; indeed such a thing would be likely to injure the discourse ; and , in that case , a complete knowledge of the subject is vastly ...
... course a level of public speaking which does not require an elaborate fore- cast of words and phrases ; indeed such a thing would be likely to injure the discourse ; and , in that case , a complete knowledge of the subject is vastly ...
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... course of true love came to grief . I was sitting with her in the dim twilight one evening . I was sentimental ; I said many soft things , I embraced a part of her . She seemed distant . She frequently turned her lovely head from me ...
... course of true love came to grief . I was sitting with her in the dim twilight one evening . I was sentimental ; I said many soft things , I embraced a part of her . She seemed distant . She frequently turned her lovely head from me ...
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... course of the trial the prisoner roared out from the dock that he was guilty , but the jury pronounced him by their verdict " not guilty . " The astonished judge exclaimed , " Impossible ! Gentlemen , did you not hear the man declare ...
... course of the trial the prisoner roared out from the dock that he was guilty , but the jury pronounced him by their verdict " not guilty . " The astonished judge exclaimed , " Impossible ! Gentlemen , did you not hear the man declare ...
Contents
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS | 27 |
BENCH AND BAR | 41 |
DOCTOR AND PATIENT | 61 |
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