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U dobrom stanju Published 2003 by The Folio Society Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.58 pounds Format 268 pages, Hardcover Language English Ever since Chaucer`s day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers—Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: `There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects`; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man`s numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: `At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage`—and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. `Goodness`, said a friend on greeting Mae West, `where did you get those beautiful pearls?` `Goodness`, replied Mae, `had nothing to do with it.` Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers` tales and risqué reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion—witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining. Introduction Geoffrey Chaucer Our host William Shakespeare Henry V’s St Crispin’s Day speech i9 William Makepeace Thackeray Waterloo 20 Samuel Johnson In brief Libby Purves Address to the Samuel Johnson Society 25 Horace Walpole Charles Townshend’s champagne speech 31 P. G. Wodehouse A few auspicious words 34 Jose Manser Hugh Casson and Laurie Lee 39 Jose Manser A Thatcher put-down John Wells and Richard Ingrams Dear Bill 43 The King’s Tradesmen On His Majesty^ birthday 47 G. K. Chesterton Speechlessness Sir Pelham Warner Just not cricket -6 Revd R. H. Barham From The Lay of St Cuthber 58 Charles Dickens PS America 60 Charles Dickens Dingley Dell v. All Muggletonians 62 Richard Ingrams Ballades and Beachcomber 67 Henry W. Grady The New South -j1 Mark Twain Littery men 77 Michael Holroyd A prominent feature 82 A. P. Herbert Winston Churchill 86 Winston Churchill To the Corinthians 87 Stanley Baldwin On England 93 Stanley Baldwin Advice on speech-making 94 John Fothergill Falls of Lodore 95 A. P. Herbert - The English laugh 97 Mae West - In brief 110 Dorothy Parker In brief 112 Groucho Marx In brief 113 Groucho Marx How to be a spy 114 Osbert Sitwell Sir Herbert and Lady Tree 117 A. P. Herbert The English laugh - again ` Maurice Baring Such a treat 118 A P. Herbert The English laugh - chorus 122 A. P. Herbert After dinner 123 Joyce Grenfell Useful and acceptable gifts 125 Evelyn Waugh Dreading it 130 Gerard Hoffnung From a bricklayer in Golders Green Patrick Garland Lord David Cecil’s dismay Clive James The Pembroke smoker , Sg Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh lb the. French Chamber of Commerce , ^ John Gordon Lord Beaverbrook’s last speech `SfiUt Lord Beaverbrook Apprentice Matthew Parris On Gyles Brandreth Gyles Brandreth Gobbledegook or small print The Think Tank Top secret 159 Miles Kington Ten ways NOT to start a funny story J 160 John Mortimer Stranger than fiction 61 Joanna Trollope Trollope and sex 69 Robertson Davies Refuge of insulted saints HM the Queen Golden wedding , 190 Margaret Scott Royal, real and republic ^dujBSn)5 Tim Heald An evening with Brian,Johnston Thomas Braun A birthday tribute to Jasper Griffin 210 Alan White Lewis Carroll and Ralph Steadman 217 Ralph Steadman But we3U need some jam 218 Helen Fielding Bridget Jones at a wedding 228 Maureen Lipman BeRo and borrowed hats 231 David Burnett To the Society of Dorset Men 235 William Ind, Bishop of Truro Not enough cricket 241 Jilly Cooper Meeting David Niven 246 Patrick Garland The incomparable Rex Harrison 249 Peter Ustinov A run-in with Dame Edith Evans 257 Tim Heald Business unusual or THE END 260 Acknowledgements 265