viva-voce

His is a style even better adapted for speaking than for writing, and the peculiarities of diction which he adopts to give verisimilitude to his narratives acquired enormous additional force when exhibited as viva-voce mannerisms.

The Hand of Ethelberta 2006

He has to be able to read, with really a considerable amount of facility, everything that is written in that language about his own subject; he has to be able to write essays in that language, and commercial letters in that language on his own subjects, and he has to be able to take a viva-voce examination with an examiner who really does know something about it.

The Universities and Commerce 1919

The crowd indorsed the request with _viva-voce_ enthusiasm.

When Egypt Went Broke Holman Day 1900

I should have mentioned that in July, after going up to complete the _viva-voce_ part of their examination, both Mr. Gaskell and John received information that they had obtained "first-classes."

The Lost Stradivarius John Meade Falkner 1895

This poem described the agonies of a _viva-voce_ examination, and it derived its title from two facts of evil omen -- that the Vulture plucks its victim, and that the Husbandman makes his living by ploughing: --

Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886

His is a style even better adapted for speaking than for writing, and the peculiarities of diction which he adopts to give verisimilitude to his narratives acquired enormous additional force when exhibited as viva-voce mannerisms.

The Hand of Ethelberta Thomas Hardy 1884

The _viva-voce_ portion, which he had dreaded most, had been easy, or, at any rate, the questions which fell - to him had been such as he could readily answer.

My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872

"When is the _viva-voce_ portion?" asked Mr Smith.

My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872

[P] This present lecture does not, as at present published, justify its title; because I have not thought it necessary to write the viva-voce portions of it which amplified the 69th paragraph.

Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving John Ruskin 1859

[N] At the side of my page, here, I find the following memorandum, which was expanded in the viva-voce lecture.

Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving John Ruskin 1859