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When he talks in " The Taming of the Shrew " of " her mad and headstrong humor " he doesn't 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 ...
When he talks in " The Taming of the Shrew " of " her mad and headstrong humor " he doesn't 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 ...
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It is by 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 .
It is by 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 .
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The first means that his talk must have a central thought , on which all his stories , anecdotes 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 ...
The first means that his talk must have a central thought , on which all his stories , anecdotes 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 ...
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A man that is by no 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 .
A man that is by no 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 .
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Then , after a sullen survey of the bit of beef he held in his hand , the amateur fighter observed : " Bill , I now fully realize what people mean when they speak of the sinews of war . " - Howard Morse . ART There was an old sculptor ...
Then , after a sullen survey of the bit of beef he held in his hand , the amateur fighter observed : " Bill , I now fully realize what people mean when they speak of the sinews of war . " - Howard Morse . ART There was an old sculptor ...
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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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