Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page ix
... speeches in one of Colly's plays , and many that looked witty , yet were not really what they seemed at first sight ! So a joke is not to be recognized even by its appearance or by the company it keeps . Perhaps there might be ...
... speeches in one of Colly's plays , and many that looked witty , yet were not really what they seemed at first sight ! So a joke is not to be recognized even by its appearance or by the company it keeps . Perhaps there might be ...
Page xiii
... speeches . The toast , after - dinner talk , or address is always given under con- ditions that require abounding good humor , and the desire to make everybody pleased and comfortable as well as to furnish entertainment should be ...
... speeches . The toast , after - dinner talk , or address is always given under con- ditions that require abounding good humor , and the desire to make everybody pleased and comfortable as well as to furnish entertainment should be ...
Page xiv
... speeches were , in appearance , the unpremedi- tated effusion of an honest heart ; and yet , in reality , they were ... speech and in getting it into finished form , the toaster will do well to remember those three essentials to all ...
... speeches were , in appearance , the unpremedi- tated effusion of an honest heart ; and yet , in reality , they were ... speech and in getting it into finished form , the toaster will do well to remember those three essentials to all ...
Page xv
... speech calls for a conversational tone , not for oratory of voice or manner . Something of an air of detachment on ... speech , may be confronted with the neces- sity of responding to a toast on , say " Needles and Pins . " Such a one ...
... speech calls for a conversational tone , not for oratory of voice or manner . Something of an air of detachment on ... speech , may be confronted with the neces- sity of responding to a toast on , say " Needles and Pins . " Such a one ...
Page xvi
... speech have unity . As some one has pointed out , the after - dinner speech is a distinct form of expression , just as is the short story . As such it should give a unity of impres- sion . It bears something of the same relation to the ...
... speech have unity . As some one has pointed out , the after - dinner speech is a distinct form of expression , just as is the short story . As such it should give a unity of impres- sion . It bears something of the same relation to the ...
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