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The toastmaster should strive to make his speakers feel at ease , to 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 everybody boost good ...
The toastmaster should strive to make his speakers feel at ease , to 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 everybody boost good ...
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art , To raise the genius , and to mend the heart ; To make mankind , in conscious virtue bold , Live o'er each scene , and be what they beholdFor this the tragic muse first trod the stage . -Pope .
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art , To raise the genius , and to mend the heart ; To make mankind , in conscious virtue bold , Live o'er each scene , and be what they beholdFor this the tragic muse first trod the stage . -Pope .
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I just heard her say , ' Send it up C. O. D. ' Isn't that where we live ? " An Englishman went into his local library and asked for Frederic Harrison's George Washington and other American Addresses . In a little while he brought back ...
I just heard her say , ' Send it up C. O. D. ' Isn't that where we live ? " An Englishman went into his local library and asked for Frederic Harrison's George Washington and other American Addresses . In a little while he brought back ...
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AGE The good die young — Here's hoping that you may live to a ripe old age . " How old are you , Tommy ? " asked a caller . " Well , when I'm home I'm five , when I'm in school I'm six , and when I'm on the cars I'm four .
AGE The good die young — Here's hoping that you may live to a ripe old age . " How old are you , Tommy ? " asked a caller . " Well , when I'm home I'm five , when I'm in school I'm six , and when I'm on the cars I'm four .
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THE PARSON ( about to improve the golden hour ) - " When a man reaches your age , Mr. Dodd , he cannot , in the nature of things , expect to live very much longer , and I29 THE NONAGENARIAN- " I dunno , parson .
THE PARSON ( about to improve the golden hour ) - " When a man reaches your age , Mr. Dodd , he cannot , in the nature of things , expect to live very much longer , and I29 THE NONAGENARIAN- " I dunno , parson .
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| Pealkiri | Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations |
| Editor | Harold Workman Williams |
| Compiled by | Clara Elizabeth Fanning, Harold Workman Williams, Halsey William Wilson |
| Edition | 3, reprint |
| Publisher | H.W. Wilson, 1916 |
| Original from | California Ülikool |
| Digitized | 11 dets. 2007 |
| Length | 483 pages |
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