Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page iii
... humorous , there are inserted many quotations of a serious nature which may serve as appropriate literary ballast . The jokes and quotes gathered for the toaster have been placed under the subject headings where it seemed ... HUMOR “ Man.
... humorous , there are inserted many quotations of a serious nature which may serve as appropriate literary ballast . The jokes and quotes gathered for the toaster have been placed under the subject headings where it seemed ... HUMOR “ Man.
Page v
... humor , then , is the possses- sion of the thinking half , and the humorists must be classified at once with the thinkers . If one were asked to go further than this and to give off- hand a definition of humor , or of that elusive ...
... humor , then , is the possses- sion of the thinking half , and the humorists must be classified at once with the thinkers . If one were asked to go further than this and to give off- hand a definition of humor , or of that elusive ...
Page vi
... humor ? When in doubt , consult the dictionary , is , as always , an excellent motto , and , following it , we find that our trust- worthy friend , Noah Webster , does not fail us . Here is his definition of humor , ready to hand : humor ...
... humor ? When in doubt , consult the dictionary , is , as always , an excellent motto , and , following it , we find that our trust- worthy friend , Noah Webster , does not fail us . Here is his definition of humor , ready to hand : humor ...
Page vii
... humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , mean- ing moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to plant and animal life . It was restricted later within purely physiological ...
... humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , mean- ing moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to plant and animal life . It was restricted later within purely physiological ...
Page viii
... humor makes the whole world grin , " what difference does it make what that humor is ; what difference why or wherefore we laugh , since somehow or other , in a sorry world , we do laugh ? Of the test for a sense of humor , it has ...
... humor makes the whole world grin , " what difference does it make what that humor is ; what difference why or wherefore we laugh , since somehow or other , in a sorry world , we do laugh ? Of the test for a sense of humor , it has ...
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