Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page v
... hand a definition of humor , or of that elusive quality , a sense of humor , he might find himself confronted with a difficulty . Yet certain things about it would be patent at the outset : Women haven't it ; Englishmen haven't it ; it ...
... hand a definition of humor , or of that elusive quality , a sense of humor , he might find himself confronted with a difficulty . Yet certain things about it would be patent at the outset : Women haven't it ; Englishmen haven't it ; it ...
Page vi
... 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 information that it is distinguished from wit ...
... 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 information that it is distinguished from wit ...
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... hands of each , and if the light of humorous appreciation failed to dawn as the reading progressed , the certificate would be withheld . For , before all else , a teacher must possess a sense of humor ! If it be true , then , that the ...
... hands of each , and if the light of humorous appreciation failed to dawn as the reading progressed , the certificate would be withheld . For , before all else , a teacher must possess a sense of humor ! If it be true , then , that the ...
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... 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 . One of the double - in - brass actors turned 4 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
... 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 . One of the double - in - brass actors turned 4 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
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... 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 . I have sold the ...
... 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 . I have sold the ...
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