Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsClara Elizabeth Fanning, Halsey William Wilson H.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page iii
... look familiar , let us remark that the friends one likes best are those who have been already tried and trusted and are the most welcome in times of need . However , there are stories of a rising generation , whose acquaintance all may ...
... look familiar , let us remark that the friends one likes best are those who have been already tried and trusted and are the most welcome in times of need . However , there are stories of a rising generation , whose acquaintance all may ...
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... look about the table with delight , as much as to say , " Isn't she a wonder ? Do you know her equal ? " And so is its Humor may be the greatest of the virtues , yet it is the one of whose possession we may boast with impunity . " Well ...
... look about the table with delight , as much as to say , " Isn't she a wonder ? Do you know her equal ? " And so is its Humor may be the greatest of the virtues , yet it is the one of whose possession we may boast with impunity . " Well ...
Page xvii
... is no oppor- tunity for a quiet nod or two behind a newspaper or the hat of the lady in front . If you bore your hearers by overstepping your time politeness requires that they sit still and look pleased TOASTERS AND TOASTS xvii.
... is no oppor- tunity for a quiet nod or two behind a newspaper or the hat of the lady in front . If you bore your hearers by overstepping your time politeness requires that they sit still and look pleased TOASTERS AND TOASTS xvii.
Page xviii
... look pleased . Spare them . Remember Bacon's advice to the speaker : " Let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak . " But suppose you come late on the program ! Suppose the other speakers have not heeded Bacon ! What are ...
... look pleased . Spare them . Remember Bacon's advice to the speaker : " Let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak . " But suppose you come late on the program ! Suppose the other speakers have not heeded Bacon ! What are ...
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... look at me - think how I have had to work and study to gain what success I have , and win such fame as is now mine ! " " Oh , yes , " replied the young woman calmly ; " but then I have talent . " Orlando Day , a fourth - rate actor in ...
... look at me - think how I have had to work and study to gain what success I have , and win such fame as is now mine ! " " Oh , yes , " replied the young woman calmly ; " but then I have talent . " Orlando Day , a fourth - rate actor in ...
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