O’Connor, the Irish politician, began ai after-dinner speech in Philadelphia in this way: — “I must confess that T dread to make after-dinner sptieches. At the most sumptuous dinners, even at such a dinner ps this one, if I know that at- the end I must make a speech, I am nervous, I have no appetite, I find little to admire in the best efforts of the chef. Tn truth, genilcmen, I can readily imagine Daniel, if he was at all of my mi ml, heaving a sigh of relief as the lions drew near to devour him—heaving a sigh of relief and murmuring: “AVell, if there’s any after-dinner speaking to h<* done on this least it won’t be done by me.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6, 9 February 1907, Page 36
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121Page 36 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6, 9 February 1907, Page 36
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