Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 21
... Finally the hostess turned to Field and asked : " You , sir , must have often seen these affairs ? " " Yes , " replied Field , " hundreds of them . " “ Oh , do tell us about a lynching you have seen yourself , " broke in half a dozen ...
... Finally the hostess turned to Field and asked : " You , sir , must have often seen these affairs ? " " Yes , " replied Field , " hundreds of them . " “ Oh , do tell us about a lynching you have seen yourself , " broke in half a dozen ...
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... finally observed : " You have a fine signature , Mr. So - and - So . " " Yes , " admitted the buyer , " I should have . One of my fore- fathers signed the Declaration of Independence . " " So ? " said the caller , with rising .22 ...
... finally observed : " You have a fine signature , Mr. So - and - So . " " Yes , " admitted the buyer , " I should have . One of my fore- fathers signed the Declaration of Independence . " " So ? " said the caller , with rising .22 ...
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... finally arrived in a small New Jersey town . That night , though there was no furore or general uprising of the audience , there was enough hand - clapping to arouse the troupe's dejected spirits . The leading man stepped to the foot ...
... finally arrived in a small New Jersey town . That night , though there was no furore or general uprising of the audience , there was enough hand - clapping to arouse the troupe's dejected spirits . The leading man stepped to the foot ...
Page 26
... day as to which was the better mathematician , " said George C. Wiedenmayer the other day . " Finally the captain of their ship proposed the follow- ing problem which each would try to work out : 26 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
... day as to which was the better mathematician , " said George C. Wiedenmayer the other day . " Finally the captain of their ship proposed the follow- ing problem which each would try to work out : 26 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
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... Finally the young man asked timidly , " Don't you think , sir , that this painting of mine is - well - er- tolerable ? " Whistler's eyes twinkled dangerously . " What is your opinion of a tolerable egg ? " he asked . The amateur artist ...
... Finally the young man asked timidly , " Don't you think , sir , that this painting of mine is - well - er- tolerable ? " Whistler's eyes twinkled dangerously . " What is your opinion of a tolerable egg ? " he asked . The amateur artist ...
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