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... with so sure a confidence in its stability , has had a long and varied history and has answered to many aliases . When Shakespeare called a man " humorous " he meant that he was changeable and capricious , not that he was given to a ...
... with so sure a confidence in its stability , has had a long and varied history and has answered to many aliases . When Shakespeare called a man " humorous " he meant that he was changeable and capricious , not that he was given to a ...
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To sum up what has been said , with borrowings from what others have said on the subject , the following general rules have been formulated : Prepare carefully . Self - confidence is a valuable possession , but beware of being too sure ...
To sum up what has been said , with borrowings from what others have said on the subject , the following general rules have been formulated : Prepare carefully . Self - confidence is a valuable possession , but beware of being too sure ...
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While you must not draw an obvious moral or explain the point to your jokes , be sure that the point is there and that it is put in such a way that your hearers cannot miss it . Avoid flights of rhetoric and do not lose your anecdotes ...
While you must not draw an obvious moral or explain the point to your jokes , be sure that the point is there and that it is put in such a way that your hearers cannot miss it . Avoid flights of rhetoric and do not lose your anecdotes ...
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Remember Bacon's advice to the speaker : " Let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak . " But suppose you come late on the program ! Suppose the other speakers have not heeded Bacon ? What are you going to do about it ?
Remember Bacon's advice to the speaker : " Let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak . " But suppose you come late on the program ! Suppose the other speakers have not heeded Bacon ? What are you going to do about it ?
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When Foy had moodily read to the bottom of the list , he turned to an unobtrusive young man who had been watching him out of the corner of his eye . " Say , have you seen this show ? " he asked . " Sure , " replied the young man .
When Foy had moodily read to the bottom of the list , he turned to an unobtrusive young man who had been watching him out of the corner of his eye . " Say , have you seen this show ? " he asked . " Sure , " replied the young man .
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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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