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ACCIDENTS The late Dr. Henry Thayer , founder of Thayer's Laboratory in Cambridge , was walking along a street one winter morning . The sidewalk was sheeted with ice and the doctor was making his way carefully , as was also a woman ...
ACCIDENTS The late Dr. Henry Thayer , founder of Thayer's Laboratory in Cambridge , was walking along a street one winter morning . The sidewalk was sheeted with ice and the doctor was making his way carefully , as was also a woman ...
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In a North of England town recently a company of local amateurs produced Hamlet , and the following account of the proceedings appeared in the local paper next morning : " Last night all the fashionables and elite of our town gathered ...
In a North of England town recently a company of local amateurs produced Hamlet , and the following account of the proceedings appeared in the local paper next morning : " Last night all the fashionables and elite of our town gathered ...
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I saw your obituary in this morning's paper ! " " Yes , I know . I put it in myself . My opera is to be produced to - night , and I want good notices from the critics . " -C . Hilton Turvey . Paderewski arrived in a small western town ...
I saw your obituary in this morning's paper ! " " Yes , I know . I put it in myself . My opera is to be produced to - night , and I want good notices from the critics . " -C . Hilton Turvey . Paderewski arrived in a small western town ...
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It appears that one afternoon she informed the young man that the next day would be her birthday , whereupon the suitor remarked that he would the next morning send her some roses , one rose for each year . That night he wrote a note ...
It appears that one afternoon she informed the young man that the next day would be her birthday , whereupon the suitor remarked that he would the next morning send her some roses , one rose for each year . That night he wrote a note ...
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Among the examples cited was that of a well - known poet , who , it is said , was wont to arouse his wife about four o'clock in the morning and exclaim , “ Maria , get up ; I've thought of a good word ! " Whereupon the poet's obedient ...
Among the examples cited was that of a well - known poet , who , it is said , was wont to arouse his wife about four o'clock in the morning and exclaim , “ Maria , get up ; I've thought of a good word ! " Whereupon the poet's obedient ...
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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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