Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsClara Elizabeth Fanning, Halsey William Wilson H.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 11
... " A genius who once did aspire To invent an aerial flyer , When asked , " Does it go ? " Replied , " I don't know ; I'm awaiting some damphule to try ' er . ” AFTER DINNER SPEECHES A Frenchman once remarked : " The TOASTER'S HANDBOOK II.
... " A genius who once did aspire To invent an aerial flyer , When asked , " Does it go ? " Replied , " I don't know ; I'm awaiting some damphule to try ' er . ” AFTER DINNER SPEECHES A Frenchman once remarked : " The TOASTER'S HANDBOOK II.
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... remarked : " The table is the only place where one is not bored for the first hour . " Every rose has its thorn There's fuzz on all the peaches . There never was a dinner yet Without some lengthy speeches . Joseph Chamberlain was the ...
... remarked : " The table is the only place where one is not bored for the first hour . " Every rose has its thorn There's fuzz on all the peaches . There never was a dinner yet Without some lengthy speeches . Joseph Chamberlain was the ...
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... remarked that he would the next 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 ...
... remarked that he would the next 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 ...
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... remarked : “ Well , if he'd been my husband I should have replied , ' Alpheus , get up your- self ; I've thought of a bad word ! ' " “ There is probably no hell for authors in the next world— they suffer so much from critics and ...
... remarked : “ Well , if he'd been my husband I should have replied , ' Alpheus , get up your- self ; I've thought of a bad word ! ' " “ There is probably no hell for authors in the next world— they suffer so much from critics and ...
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... remarked : " Feyther , you are not lookin ' weel . Is there anything the matter ? ” The old man replied , " Aye , lad , I have had quite an accident . " " What was that , feyther ? " " Mon , " he said , " on this journey frae bonnie ...
... remarked : " Feyther , you are not lookin ' weel . Is there anything the matter ? ” The old man replied , " Aye , lad , I have had quite an accident . " " What was that , feyther ? " " Mon , " he said , " on this journey frae bonnie ...
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