Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page vi
... mean to imply that Kate is a practical joker . It is interesting to note in passing that the old meaning of the word still lingers in the verb " to humor . " A woman still humors her spoiled child and her cantankerous husband when she ...
... mean to imply that Kate is a practical joker . It is interesting to note in passing that the old meaning of the word still lingers in the verb " to humor . " A woman still humors her spoiled child and her cantankerous husband when she ...
Page vii
... 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 boundaries and was applied only to those " humours " of the ...
... 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 boundaries and was applied only to those " humours " of the ...
Page x
... means of the " good story " that the politician makes his way into office ; the business man paves the way for a big deal ; the after - dinner speaker gets a hearing ; the hostess saves her guests from boredom . Such a large place does ...
... means of the " good story " that the politician makes his way into office ; the business man paves the way for a big deal ; the after - dinner speaker gets a hearing ; the hostess saves her guests from boredom . Such a large place does ...
Page xiv
... means that his talk must have a central thought , on which all his stories , anec- dotes and jokes will have a bearing ; the second that there will be a proper balance between the parts , that it will not be all introduction and ...
... means that his talk must have a central thought , on which all his stories , anec- dotes and jokes will have a bearing ; the second that there will be a proper balance between the parts , that it will not be all introduction and ...
Page 10
... means big enough for the Gazette , may easily creep into the advertisements ; by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of news with a plenipotentiary , or a running footman with an ambassador . - Addison . See also ...
... means big enough for the Gazette , may easily creep into the advertisements ; by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of news with a plenipotentiary , or a running footman with an ambassador . - Addison . See also ...
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