Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... mind and walks off without attempt- ing it . The laughter that invariably greets this " funny " maneuver would seem to have philosophical sanction . Bergson , too , the philosopher of creative evolution , has considered laughter to the ...
... mind and walks off without attempt- ing it . The laughter that invariably greets this " funny " maneuver would seem to have philosophical sanction . Bergson , too , the philosopher of creative evolution , has considered laughter to the ...
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... mind a little dew like this , " said the man . work along just the same . " " I can " Oh , I'm not talking about that , " exclaimed the fruit - man . " The next time it rains , you can come into the house . I want that water on the land ...
... mind a little dew like this , " said the man . work along just the same . " " I can " Oh , I'm not talking about that , " exclaimed the fruit - man . " The next time it rains , you can come into the house . I want that water on the land ...
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... Whoi , thot's not applause . Thot's the audience killin ' mosquitoes . " Applause is the spur of noble minds , the end and aim of weak ones . - Colton . O Popular Applause ! what heart of man is proof TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 25.
... Whoi , thot's not applause . Thot's the audience killin ' mosquitoes . " Applause is the spur of noble minds , the end and aim of weak ones . - Colton . O Popular Applause ! what heart of man is proof TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 25.
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... He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius as he must needs paint for other minds , and not for his own . Mrs. Jameson . ATHLETES The caller's eye had caught the photograph of Tommie 30 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
... He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius as he must needs paint for other minds , and not for his own . Mrs. Jameson . ATHLETES The caller's eye had caught the photograph of Tommie 30 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
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... mind , dear Oscar , " was the rejoinder , " you will ! ” THE AUTHOR “ Would you advise me to get out a small edi- tion ? " THE PUBLISHER " Yes , the smaller the better . The more scarce a book is at the end of four or five centuries the ...
... mind , dear Oscar , " was the rejoinder , " you will ! ” THE AUTHOR “ Would you advise me to get out a small edi- tion ? " THE PUBLISHER " Yes , the smaller the better . The more scarce a book is at the end of four or five centuries the ...
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