Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... plays , and many that looked witty , yet were not really what they seemed at first sight ! So a joke is not to be ... play havoc with the Anglo - Saxon Th . Indeed our great American sense of humor has been explained as an outgrowth ...
... plays , and many that looked witty , yet were not really what they seemed at first sight ! So a joke is not to be ... play havoc with the Anglo - Saxon Th . Indeed our great American sense of humor has been explained as an outgrowth ...
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... playing the part of the villain , and was largely con- cerned with treasons , stratagems and spoils . From time to time he caught a glimpse of the ancient couple in the gal- lery , and judged from their fearsome countenance and pop ...
... playing the part of the villain , and was largely con- cerned with treasons , stratagems and spoils . From time to time he caught a glimpse of the ancient couple in the gal- lery , and judged from their fearsome countenance and pop ...
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... play he asked them to come and see him be- hind the scenes . They sat together for a while in solemn silence , and then the mammy resolutely nudged her husband . The old man gathered himself together with an effort , and said : " Marse ...
... play he asked them to come and see him be- hind the scenes . They sat together for a while in solemn silence , and then the mammy resolutely nudged her husband . The old man gathered himself together with an effort , and said : " Marse ...
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... play Hamlet . So with his first profits he organized his own company and he went to an in- land western town to give vent to his ambition and " try it on . " When he came back to New York a group of friends noticed that the actor ...
... play Hamlet . So with his first profits he organized his own company and he went to an in- land western town to give vent to his ambition and " try it on . " When he came back to New York a group of friends noticed that the actor ...
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... play was already in the midst of its run , none of the dramatic critics might be there to watch his triumph . A bright thought struck him . He would announce the event . Rushing to a telegraph office , he sent to one of the leading ...
... play was already in the midst of its run , none of the dramatic critics might be there to watch his triumph . A bright thought struck him . He would announce the event . Rushing to a telegraph office , he sent to one of the leading ...
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