Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsClara Elizabeth Fanning, Halsey William Wilson H.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page v
... : women have no sense of humor , and an Englishman cannot see a joke ! And the ability to " see a joke " is the infal- lible American test of the sense of humor . But taking the matter seriously , how would one define.
... : women have no sense of humor , and an Englishman cannot see a joke ! And the ability to " see a joke " is the infal- lible American test of the sense of humor . But taking the matter seriously , how would one define.
Page vii
... American humor is based on Ameri- can dyspepsia . Yet the philosophers themselves have endeavored to explain it . Hazlitt held that to understand the ludicrous , we must first know what the serious is . And to apprehend the serious ...
... American humor is based on Ameri- can dyspepsia . Yet the philosophers themselves have endeavored to explain it . Hazlitt held that to understand the ludicrous , we must first know what the serious is . And to apprehend the serious ...
Page ix
... American newspapers would per- haps result in a slightly different list . We have , of course , our purely local jokes . Boston will always be a joke to Chicago , the east to the west . The city girl in the country offers a per- ennial ...
... American newspapers would per- haps result in a slightly different list . We have , of course , our purely local jokes . Boston will always be a joke to Chicago , the east to the west . The city girl in the country offers a per- ennial ...
Page x
... American slang often find themselves precipitating a laugh for which they are unprepared . For a bit of current slang , however and whenever used , is always humorous . The American is not only a humorous person , he is a prac- tical ...
... American slang often find themselves precipitating a laugh for which they are unprepared . For a bit of current slang , however and whenever used , is always humorous . The American is not only a humorous person , he is a prac- tical ...
Page xvi
... American traditions are largely borrowed from England . We have the Anglo - Saxon reticence . A parade of emotion in public embarrasses us . A simple and sincere expression of feeling is often desirable in a toast - but don't overdo it ...
... American traditions are largely borrowed from England . We have the Anglo - Saxon reticence . A parade of emotion in public embarrasses us . A simple and sincere expression of feeling is often desirable in a toast - but don't overdo it ...
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