Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page v
... speak with the tongues of men and of angels , if he have not humor we will have none of him . Women may continue to laugh over those innocent and innocuous incidents which they find amusing ; may continue to write the most delight- ful ...
... speak with the tongues of men and of angels , if he have not humor we will have none of him . Women may continue to laugh over those innocent and innocuous incidents which they find amusing ; may continue to write the most delight- ful ...
Page vi
... speaking of a mental state at all , but is referring to those physi- ological humours of which , according to Hippocrates , the human body contained four : blood , phlegm , bile , and black bile , and by which the disposition was ...
... speaking of a mental state at all , but is referring to those physi- ological humours of which , according to Hippocrates , the human body contained four : blood , phlegm , bile , and black bile , and by which the disposition was ...
Page xiv
... speak extemporaneously by putting together on one occasion thoughts and expressions previously prepared for other occasions , but the neophyte may well consider it necessary to think out carefully the matter of what to say and how to ...
... speak extemporaneously by putting together on one occasion thoughts and expressions previously prepared for other occasions , but the neophyte may well consider it necessary to think out carefully the matter of what to say and how to ...
Page xv
... speak- ers , even at the risk of an anti - climax , would be advisable . On ordinary occasions , where the speakers ... speaking are coming to be more and more in demand at social functions - the college world . Here the young man or ...
... speak- ers , even at the risk of an anti - climax , would be advisable . On ordinary occasions , where the speakers ... speaking are coming to be more and more in demand at social functions - the college world . Here the young man or ...
Page xvi
... Speak simply and naturally and sit down and watch how the others do it . Of course the subject on such occasions is ... speaking a mere string of anecdotes , most of which may have little to do with the subject or with one another . Even ...
... Speak simply and naturally and sit down and watch how the others do it . Of course the subject on such occasions is ... speaking a mere string of anecdotes , most of which may have little to do with the subject or with one another . Even ...
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