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Here is his definition of humor , ready to hand : humor is " the mental faculty of discovering , expressing , or appreciating ludicrous or absurdly incongruous elements in ideas , situations , happenings , or acts , " with the added ...
Here is his definition of humor , ready to hand : humor is " the mental faculty of discovering , expressing , or appreciating ludicrous or absurdly incongruous elements in ideas , situations , happenings , or acts , " with the added ...
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Samuel McChord Crothers says that were he on the examining board for the granting of certificates to prospective teachers , he would place a copy of Lamb's essay on Schoolmasters in the hands of each , and if the light of humorous ...
Samuel McChord Crothers says that were he on the examining board for the granting of certificates to prospective teachers , he would place a copy of Lamb's essay on Schoolmasters in the hands of each , and if the light of humorous ...
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ACTORS AND ACTRESSES An " Uncle Tom's Cabin " company was starting to parade in a small New England town when a big gander , from a farmyard near at hand waddled to the middle of the street and began to hiss .
ACTORS AND ACTRESSES An " Uncle Tom's Cabin " company was starting to parade in a small New England town when a big gander , from a farmyard near at hand waddled to the middle of the street and began to hiss .
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In her own hand she 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 .
In her own hand she 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 .
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A whale of an ambition . Some day he hoped to gratify it . The woman rested her elbows on the table and propped her face in her long , sad hands , and glowed into Mr. Herford's eyes . about it . " " Oh , Mr. TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 19.
A whale of an ambition . Some day he hoped to gratify it . The woman rested her elbows on the table and propped her face in her long , sad hands , and glowed into Mr. Herford's eyes . about it . " " Oh , Mr. TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 19.
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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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