Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsClara Elizabeth Fanning, Halsey William Wilson H.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... TRAVELING COMPANY- " We play Hamlet to - night , laddie , do we not ? " SUB - MANAGER- " Yes , Mr. Montgomery . " LEADING MAN- " Then I must borrow the sum of two - pence ! " SUB - MANAGER- " Why ? " LEADING MAN- " I have four days ...
... TRAVELING COMPANY- " We play Hamlet to - night , laddie , do we not ? " SUB - MANAGER- " Yes , Mr. Montgomery . " LEADING MAN- " Then I must borrow the sum of two - pence ! " SUB - MANAGER- " Why ? " LEADING MAN- " I have four days ...
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... travels he responded : " Well , suh , hit's this way : de ' Piscopals is gemmen , suh , but I couldn't keep up wid de answerin ' back in dey church . De Methodis ' , dey always holdin ' inquiry meetin , ' and I don't like too much ...
... travels he responded : " Well , suh , hit's this way : de ' Piscopals is gemmen , suh , but I couldn't keep up wid de answerin ' back in dey church . De Methodis ' , dey always holdin ' inquiry meetin , ' and I don't like too much ...
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... traveling down in North Carolina , when he met an old darky one Sunday morning . He had known the old man for many years , so he took the liberty of inquiring where he was going . " I am , sah , pedestrianin ' my appointed way to de ...
... traveling down in North Carolina , when he met an old darky one Sunday morning . He had known the old man for many years , so he took the liberty of inquiring where he was going . " I am , sah , pedestrianin ' my appointed way to de ...
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... traveling through the West was held up by masked bandits . Two friends , who were on their way to California , were among the passengers . " Here's where we lose all our money , " one said , as a rob- ber entered the car . " You don't ...
... traveling through the West was held up by masked bandits . Two friends , who were on their way to California , were among the passengers . " Here's where we lose all our money , " one said , as a rob- ber entered the car . " You don't ...
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... traveling salesman from New York , who , when his turn came , fished out $ 200 , but rapidly took $ 4 from the pile and placed it in his vest pocket . " What do you mean by that ? " asked the robber , as he toyed with his revolver ...
... traveling salesman from New York , who , when his turn came , fished out $ 200 , but rapidly took $ 4 from the pile and placed it in his vest pocket . " What do you mean by that ? " asked the robber , as he toyed with his revolver ...
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