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Page viii
Even Kant , desisting for a time from his contemplation of Pure Reason , gave his attention to the human phenomenon of laughter and explained it away as " the result of an expectation which of a sudden ends in nothing .
Even Kant , desisting for a time from his contemplation of Pure Reason , gave his attention to the human phenomenon of laughter and explained it away as " the result of an expectation which of a sudden ends in nothing .
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Perhaps a consideration of the ancient custom that gave rise to the modern toast will help us to understand the spirit in which a toast should be given . It originated with the pagan custom of drinking to gods and the dead , which in ...
Perhaps a consideration of the ancient custom that gave rise to the modern toast will help us to understand the spirit in which a toast should be given . It originated with the pagan custom of drinking to gods and the dead , which in ...
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I suppose you gave it up then ? ” " No , no . By that time I had a reputation . " " I dream my stories , " said Hicks , the author . " How you must dread going to bed ! " exclaimed Cynicus . The five - year - old son of James Oppenheim ...
I suppose you gave it up then ? ” " No , no . By that time I had a reputation . " " I dream my stories , " said Hicks , the author . " How you must dread going to bed ! " exclaimed Cynicus . The five - year - old son of James Oppenheim ...
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No , " he admitted , “ I gave him a dollar for his damned new cathedral at Laramie ! " To get thine ends , lay bashfulnesse aside ; Who feares to aske , doth teach to be deny'd . Well , whiles I am a beggar I will rail And say , there ...
No , " he admitted , “ I gave him a dollar for his damned new cathedral at Laramie ! " To get thine ends , lay bashfulnesse aside ; Who feares to aske , doth teach to be deny'd . Well , whiles I am a beggar I will rail And say , there ...
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Well , it says here that the Lord gave Moses two tablets . " " Mr. Preacher , " said a white man to a colored minister who was addressing his congregation , " you are talking about Cain , and you say he got married in the land of Nod ...
Well , it says here that the Lord gave Moses two tablets . " " Mr. Preacher , " said a white man to a colored minister who was addressing his congregation , " you are talking about Cain , and you say he got married in the land of Nod ...
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| Pealkiri | Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations |
| Editor | Harold Workman Williams |
| Compiled by | Clara Elizabeth Fanning, Harold Workman Williams, Halsey William Wilson |
| Edition | 3, reprint |
| Publisher | H.W. Wilson, 1916 |
| Original from | California Ülikool |
| Digitized | 11 dets. 2007 |
| Length | 483 pages |
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