Wit, humor,
Wit, humor, reason, rhetoric, prose, poetry and story woven into eight popular lectures
作者：Bain, George W., 1840-1927
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章节目录
共 40 题- COPYRIGHTED 1915
- BY
- GEO. W. BAIN,
- LEXINGTON, KY.
- To
- INTRODUCTION.
- POPULAR LECTURES.
- Lecture Page
- I. Among The Masses, or Traits of Character 9
- II. A Searchlight of the Twentieth Century 59
- III. Our Country, Our Homes and Our Duty 101
- IV. The New Woman and The Old Man 137
- V. The Safe Side of Life for Young Men 187
- VI. Platform Experiences 233
- VII. The Defeat of The Nation's Dragon 273
- VIII. If I Could Live Life Over 307
- AMONG THE MASSES, OR TRAITS OF CHARACTER.
- The boy replied: "Well, I'm here, so I brought in the sign."
- The stranger said: "Hello! who runs this house?"
- Prompt the reply came: "Well, it might have been worse."
- II
- A SEARCHLIGHT OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
- I now give the searchlight a swing and it falls upon the City Problem.
- I said: "No, I can recall one that was greater than the white lilies."
- III
- The engineer said: "Yes, I will."
- IV
- THE NEW WOMAN AND THE OLD MAN.
- The friend asked: "What does she do with so much money?"
- Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
- He quickly replied: "Jonah."
- VI
- PLATFORM EXPERIENCES.
- I replied: "Why man, I was trying to keep my feet from freezing."
- I am often asked: "Where do you find the most appreciative audiences?"
- VII
- THE DEFEAT OF THE NATION'S DRAGON.
- VIII
- IF I COULD LIVE LIFE OVER.
- His reply was: "Well, I always did suffer with cold feet."