Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... answered to many aliases . When Shake- speare called a man " humorous " he meant that he was change- able and capricious , not that he was given to a facetious turn of thought or to a " sportive " exercise of the imagination . When he ...
... answered to many aliases . When Shake- speare called a man " humorous " he meant that he was change- able and capricious , not that he was given to a facetious turn of thought or to a " sportive " exercise of the imagination . When he ...
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... answered the other . " Well , they have decided to import a lot of monkeys to do the picking , " rejoined the New Yorker . " Monkeys learn read- ily . They are thorough workers , and obviously they will save their employers a small ...
... answered the other . " Well , they have decided to import a lot of monkeys to do the picking , " rejoined the New Yorker . " Monkeys learn read- ily . They are thorough workers , and obviously they will save their employers a small ...
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... answered the actor . " Well , didn't they give any encouragement ? Didn't they ask you to come before the curtain ? " persisted the friend . " Ask me ? " answered Crane . " Man , they dared me ! " LEADING MAN IN TRAVELING COMPANY- " We ...
... answered the actor . " Well , didn't they give any encouragement ? Didn't they ask you to come before the curtain ? " persisted the friend . " Ask me ? " answered Crane . " Man , they dared me ! " LEADING MAN IN TRAVELING COMPANY- " We ...
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... answer . " " Oh , but it was only polite to send an answer after he had taken the trouble to wire me . So , of course , I answered him . " " You did ! What did you say ? " “ Oh , I just telegraphed him : ' Thanks for timely warning ...
... answer . " " Oh , but it was only polite to send an answer after he had taken the trouble to wire me . So , of course , I answered him . " " You did ! What did you say ? " “ Oh , I just telegraphed him : ' Thanks for timely warning ...
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... answered , sternly reproving the youth for the sin of extravagance and urging upon him the practice of economy . His reply staggered her : " Dear Grandma , " it ran , " thank you for your kind letter of advice . I have sold the same for ...
... answered , sternly reproving the youth for the sin of extravagance and urging upon him the practice of economy . His reply staggered her : " Dear Grandma , " it ran , " thank you for your kind letter of advice . I have sold the same for ...
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