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In the Yule-Log Glow, Book IIn the Yule-Log Glow, Book I - Christmas Tales from 'Round the WorldIf, gentle reader, you will step across this threshold, now, as the moon rises in the keen Christmas air, and will find a place by the ruddy ingle within-doors, you may hear,...
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The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National PolicyMr. Jefferson, in his lifetime, underwent the extremes of abuse and of adulation. Daily, semi-weekly, or weekly did Fenno, Porcupine Cobbett, Dennie, Coleman, and the other Federal journalists, not...
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The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.)The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.)The Result was that, when completed, his House was lacking in Symmetry and Utility, and in a Hundred ways it was Unsatisfactory, and for each Defect there was a Neighbor who said, "Had you asked...
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The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.)The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.)Happiness and laughter are two of the most beautiful things in the world, for they are of the few that are purely unselfish. Laughter is not for yourself, but for others. When people are happy...
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The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864Time makes many dark things clear, and often in a wonderfully short and decisive way. So we said hopefully two years and more ago in regard to one of the unsolved problems which then pressed on...
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Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-ZModern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-ZNote.A large number of the most distinguished speakers of this country and Great Britain have selected their own best speeches for this Library. These speakers include Whitelaw Reid, William Jennings Bryan, Henry van Dyke, Henry M. Stanley, Newell...
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Sata runoa: Valikoituja maailmankirjallisuudestaSata runoa: Valikoituja maailmankirjallisuudestaKirja muodostaa kyllkin kirjavan mosaikkiteoksen. Sen yhtenisyys ja tasasuhtaisuus voisi parhaassakin tapauksessa jd yksinomaan sen varaan, miss mrin, valintaa tehtess, on pysytty suomentajan omassa tunnelmapiiriss. Tmntapaisissa valikoimissa ei kuitenkaan mainittu seikka saa vaaliin ratkaisevasti vaikuttaa. Suomen runokieli on aikaisemmin omistanut suuren...
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Great Sea StoriesGreat Sea Stories The theme of the sea is heroicepic. Since the first stirrings of the imagination of man the sea has enthralled him; and since the dawn of literature he has chronicled his wanderings upon its vast bosom. It is one of the...
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Model Speeches for PractiseModel Speeches for PractiseIt is obvious that the style of your public speaking will depend upon the specific purpose you have in view. If you have important truths which you wish to make known, or a great and definite cause to serve, you are...
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The Training of a Public SpeakerThe Training of a Public SpeakerThe exordium, or introduction, is that part of the discourse which is pronounced before the subject is entered upon. As musicians make a prelude for obtaining silence and attention before they play their selections, so orators, before they begin...
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Essays in Literature and HistoryEssays in Literature and HistoryFroude had this merita merit he shared with Huxley alone of His contemporariesthat he imposed his convictions. He fought against resistance. He excited (and still excites) a violent animosity. He exasperated the surface of his time and was yet too...
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How to Write a PlayHow to Write a Play - Letters from Augier, Banville, Dennery, Dumas, Gondinet, Labiche, Legouvé, Pailleron, Sardou and ZolaIntroduction by William Gillette Letter from mile Augier Letter from Thodore de Banville Letter from Adolphe Dennery Letter from Alexandre Dumas Fils Letter from Edmond Gondinet...
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Among Famous BooksAmong Famous BooksThe object of the following lectures is twofold. They were delivered in the first place for the purpose of directing the attention of readers to books whose literary charm and spiritual value have made them conspicuous in the vast literature of England....
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Successful Methods of Public SpeakingSuccessful Methods of Public SpeakingAs you carefully study the successful methods of public speakers, as briefly set forth in this book, you will observe that there is nothing that can be substituted for personal sincerity. Unless you thoroughly believe in the message you wish...
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The Free PressThe Free PressI dedicate this little essay to you not only because "The New Age" (which is your paper) published it in its original form, but much more because you were, I think, the pioneer, in its modern form at any rate, of the...
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The Haunters & The HauntedThe Haunters & The Haunted - Ghost Stories And Tales Of The SupernaturalIn this Ghost Book, M. Larigot, himself a writer of supernatural tales, has collected a remarkable batch of documents, fictive or real, describing the one human experience that is hardest to make...
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Writing the PhotoplayWriting the Photoplay Chapter IWhat Is a Photoplay? 1 Chapter IIWho Can Write Photoplays? 5 Chapter IIIPhotoplay Terms 17 Chapter IVThe Photoplay Script: Its Component Parts 29 Chapter VA Sample Photoplay Form 34 Chapter VIThe Mechanical Preparation of the Script 55 Chapter VIIThe Title...
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The Best Ghost StoriesThe Best Ghost StoriesWhat is the fascination we feel for the mystery of the ghost story? Is it of the same nature as the fascination which we feel for the mystery of the detective story? Of the latter fascination, the late Paul Armstrong used...
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McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908Cassidy gazed long and blankly across the desert. "Wot a life!" he muttered grimly. "Say, wot a life this is!" Cassidy made the words by putting his tongue against his set teeth and forcibly wrenching the sounds...
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Talks on TalkingTalks on TalkingGood conversation implies naturalness, spontaneity, and sincerity of utterance. It is not advisable, therefore, to lay down arbitrary rules to govern talking, but it is believed that the suggestions offered here will contribute to the general elevation and improvement of daily speech....
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