Kindred Arts: Conversation and Public SpeakingMacmillan, 1929 - 200 Seiten |
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... effort to control ; and it is only the exceptional hostess that has the watchfulness , tact and intelligence to assume command . Efforts to extend cour- tesies to incongruous elements , inept seating and noise created by numerous guests ...
... effort to control ; and it is only the exceptional hostess that has the watchfulness , tact and intelligence to assume command . Efforts to extend cour- tesies to incongruous elements , inept seating and noise created by numerous guests ...
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... effort to rise to a style of phrase and a manner of delivery for which a speaker is not fitted either by temperament , by education or by experience . When we read the elaborate treatises of the ancients , both Greek and Roman , on the ...
... effort to rise to a style of phrase and a manner of delivery for which a speaker is not fitted either by temperament , by education or by experience . When we read the elaborate treatises of the ancients , both Greek and Roman , on the ...
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... efforts ; for , as he says , he " came not with the excellency of words or enticing speech of men's wisdom , but in ... effort to cre- ate an atmosphere of gravity and reverence , sometimes assume a plaintive tone , even by intoning ...
... efforts ; for , as he says , he " came not with the excellency of words or enticing speech of men's wisdom , but in ... effort to cre- ate an atmosphere of gravity and reverence , sometimes assume a plaintive tone , even by intoning ...
Inhalt
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | 3 |
EFFECT OF SOCIAL CHANGES IN AMERICA | 10 |
OCCASIONS SUITED TO THE CULTIVATION | 20 |
Urheberrecht | |
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