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Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh. -. I J t 1 MODERN ELOQUENCE LIBRARY OF^ AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES, LECTURES OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES.
Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh. -. I J t 1 MODERN ELOQUENCE LIBRARY OF^ AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES, LECTURES OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES.
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... dinner ora- tory . I must say that I am one of those who feel them more keenly the more after - dinner speeches I make . [ Laughter . ] There are a great many difficulties in the way , and there are three principal ones , I think . The ...
... dinner ora- tory . I must say that I am one of those who feel them more keenly the more after - dinner speeches I make . [ Laughter . ] There are a great many difficulties in the way , and there are three principal ones , I think . The ...
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... dinner speech with a light heart , and when on my way to the dinner I could think over my exordium in my cab and trust to the spur of the moment for the rest of my speech . But I find as I grow older a certain aphasia overtakes me , a ...
... dinner speech with a light heart , and when on my way to the dinner I could think over my exordium in my cab and trust to the spur of the moment for the rest of my speech . But I find as I grow older a certain aphasia overtakes me , a ...
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