Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsClara Elizabeth Fanning, Halsey William Wilson H.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page v
... give off- hand a definition of humor , or of that elusive quality , a sense of humor , he might find himself confronted with a difficulty . Yet certain things about it would be patent at the outset : Women haven't it ; Englishmen haven ...
... give off- hand a definition of humor , or of that elusive quality , a sense of humor , he might find himself confronted with a difficulty . Yet certain things about it would be patent at the outset : Women haven't it ; Englishmen haven ...
Page vii
... give rise to some thoughts on the paradoxical subject of dry humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , mean- ing moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to plant and ...
... give rise to some thoughts on the paradoxical subject of dry humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , mean- ing moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to plant and ...
Page xiv
... give them good standing with their hearers without overpraising them and making it hard to live up to what is expected of them . In short , let every- body boost good naturedly for everybody else . The toastmaster , and for that matter ...
... give them good standing with their hearers without overpraising them and making it hard to live up to what is expected of them . In short , let every- body boost good naturedly for everybody else . The toastmaster , and for that matter ...
Page xv
... give , a toast . It would seem hardly possible in this day of banquets to find an individual who has missed these occa- sions entirely - but he is to be found . Especially is this true in a world where toasting and after - dinner ...
... give , a toast . It would seem hardly possible in this day of banquets to find an individual who has missed these occa- sions entirely - but he is to be found . Especially is this true in a world where toasting and after - dinner ...
Page xvi
... give the effect of spontaneity , but this can be done only with practice . The toast calls for the art that conceals art . Let your speech have unity . As some one has pointed out , the after - dinner speech is a distinct form of ...
... give the effect of spontaneity , but this can be done only with practice . The toast calls for the art that conceals art . Let your speech have unity . As some one has pointed out , the after - dinner speech is a distinct form of ...
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