The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by F. J. Dickman

1 quotation from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

I asked of my dear friend Orator Prig: "What's the first part of oratory?" He said, "A great wig." "And what is the second?" Then, dancing a jig And bowing profoundly, he said, "A great wig." "And what is the third?" Then he snored like a pig, And puffing his cheeks out, he replied, "A great wig." GEO. COLMAN (the Younger)-Orator Prig. We fear that the glittering generalities of the speaker have left an impression more delightful than permanent.— filed under Oratory
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