Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsClara Elizabeth Fanning, Halsey William Wilson H.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page vi
... head- strong humor " he doesn't mean to imply that Kate is a practical joker . It is interesting to note in passing that the old meaning of the word still lingers in the verb " to humor . " A woman still humors her spoiled child and her ...
... head- strong humor " he doesn't mean to imply that Kate is a practical joker . It is interesting to note in passing that the old meaning of the word still lingers in the verb " to humor . " A woman still humors her spoiled child and her ...
Page xvi
... head and shoulders , having no connection with the allotted theme . Relevance as well as brevity is the soul of wit . " Do not grow emotional or sentimental . American traditions are largely borrowed from England . We have the Anglo ...
... head and shoulders , having no connection with the allotted theme . Relevance as well as brevity is the soul of wit . " Do not grow emotional or sentimental . American traditions are largely borrowed from England . We have the Anglo ...
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... head in mash notes till it swells . Garnish with onions , tomatoes and beets , Or with eggs - from afar - in the shells . -Life . Recipe for an ingenue : A pound and three - quarters of kitten , Three ounces of flounces and sighs ; Add ...
... head in mash notes till it swells . Garnish with onions , tomatoes and beets , Or with eggs - from afar - in the shells . -Life . Recipe for an ingenue : A pound and three - quarters of kitten , Three ounces of flounces and sighs ; Add ...
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... head and with a con- tented smile : " Of all my family , the aeroplane has been the hardest to raise . ' " A genius who once did aspire To invent an aerial flyer , When asked , " Does it go ? " Replied , " I don't know ; I'm awaiting ...
... head and with a con- tented smile : " Of all my family , the aeroplane has been the hardest to raise . ' " A genius who once did aspire To invent an aerial flyer , When asked , " Does it go ? " Replied , " I don't know ; I'm awaiting ...
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... head at Eighty - Years and said , " Well , you will never live to be an old man ! " — Sarah Bache Hodge . A wise man never puts away childish things . - Sidney Dark . To the old , long life and treasure ; To the young , all health and ...
... head at Eighty - Years and said , " Well , you will never live to be an old man ! " — Sarah Bache Hodge . A wise man never puts away childish things . - Sidney Dark . To the old , long life and treasure ; To the young , all health and ...
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