Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsClara Elizabeth Fanning, Halsey William Wilson H.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page vii
... face ; humor is slow and shy , insinuating its fun into your heart , " says E. P. Whipple . " Wit is intellectual , humor is emo- tional ; wit is perception of resemblance , humor of contrast- of contrast between ideal and fact , theory ...
... face ; humor is slow and shy , insinuating its fun into your heart , " says E. P. Whipple . " Wit is intellectual , humor is emo- tional ; wit is perception of resemblance , humor of contrast- of contrast between ideal and fact , theory ...
Page xv
... face adds to the humorous effect . A word might be said to those who plan the program . In the number of speakers it is better to err in having too few than too many . Especially is this true if there is one distinguished person who is ...
... face adds to the humorous effect . A word might be said to those who plan the program . In the number of speakers it is better to err in having too few than too many . Especially is this true if there is one distinguished person who is ...
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... A whale of an ambition . Some day he hoped to gratify it . The woman rested her elbows on the table and propped her face in her long , sad hands , and glowed into Mr. Her- ford's eyes . " Oh , Mr. Herford , " TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 19.
... A whale of an ambition . Some day he hoped to gratify it . The woman rested her elbows on the table and propped her face in her long , sad hands , and glowed into Mr. Her- ford's eyes . " Oh , Mr. Herford , " TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 19.
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... face and he has been stung by a wasp on the other . " APPLAUSE A certain theatrical troupe , after a dreary and unsuccess- ful tour , finally arrived in a small New Jersey town . That night , though there was no furore or general ...
... face and he has been stung by a wasp on the other . " APPLAUSE A certain theatrical troupe , after a dreary and unsuccess- ful tour , finally arrived in a small New Jersey town . That night , though there was no furore or general ...
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... face was wry and his lips seemed to move only with the greatest effort . " What are you eating ? " demanded the colonel . " Persimmons , sir . " " Good Heavens ! Haven't you got any more sense than to eat persimmons at this time of the ...
... face was wry and his lips seemed to move only with the greatest effort . " What are you eating ? " demanded the colonel . " Persimmons , sir . " " Good Heavens ! Haven't you got any more sense than to eat persimmons at this time of the ...
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