Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsClara Elizabeth Fanning, Halsey William Wilson H.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... morning : " Last night all the fashionables and elite of our town gath- ered to witness a performance of Hamlet at the Town Hall . There has been considerable discussion in the press as to whether the play was written by Shakespeare or ...
... morning : " Last night all the fashionables and elite of our town gath- ered to witness a performance of Hamlet at the Town Hall . There has been considerable discussion in the press as to whether the play was written by Shakespeare or ...
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... morning send her some roses , one rose for each year . That night he wrote a note to his florist , ordering the delivery of twenty roses for the young woman . The florist himself filled the order , and , thinking to improve on it , said ...
... morning send her some roses , one rose for each year . That night he wrote a note to his florist , ordering the delivery of twenty roses for the young woman . The florist himself filled the order , and , thinking to improve on it , said ...
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... morning and exclaim , " Maria , get up ; I've thought of a good word ! " Whereupon the poet's obedient helpmate would crawl out of bed and make a note of the thought - of word . About an hour later , like as not , a new inspiration ...
... morning and exclaim , " Maria , get up ; I've thought of a good word ! " Whereupon the poet's obedient helpmate would crawl out of bed and make a note of the thought - of word . About an hour later , like as not , a new inspiration ...
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... morning ? " " I've got a most curious case . Woman , cross - eyed ; in fact , so cross - eyed that when she cries the tears run down her back . " " What are you doing for her ? " " Just now , " was the answer , " we're treating her for ...
... morning ? " " I've got a most curious case . Woman , cross - eyed ; in fact , so cross - eyed that when she cries the tears run down her back . " " What are you doing for her ? " " Just now , " was the answer , " we're treating her for ...
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... morning the clerk was approached by the guest when the latter was ready to check out . " Well , did you have a good night's rest ? " the clerk asked . " No , I didn't , " replied the Kansan . " The room was all right , and the bed was ...
... morning the clerk was approached by the guest when the latter was ready to check out . " Well , did you have a good night's rest ? " the clerk asked . " No , I didn't , " replied the Kansan . " The room was all right , and the bed was ...
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