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A friendly rival in lexicography defines the same prized human attribute more lightly as " a facetious turn of thought , " or more specifically in literature , as “ a sportive exercise of the imagination that is apparent in the choice ...
A friendly rival in lexicography defines the same prized human attribute more lightly as " a facetious turn of thought , " or more specifically in literature , as “ a sportive exercise of the imagination that is apparent in the choice ...
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Which might give rise to some thoughts on the paradoxical subject of dry humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , meaning moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to plant ...
Which might give rise to some thoughts on the paradoxical subject of dry humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , meaning moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to plant ...
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Laughter , so we learn , is not the merry - hearted , jovial companion we had thought him . Laughter is a stern mentor , characterized by " an absence of feeling . " " Laughter , " says M. Bergson , " is above all a corrective , it must ...
Laughter , so we learn , is not the merry - hearted , jovial companion we had thought him . Laughter is a stern mentor , characterized by " an absence of feeling . " " Laughter , " says M. Bergson , " is above all a corrective , it must ...
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A practised speaker may appear to speak extemporaneously by putting together on one occasion thoughts and expressions previously prepared for other occasions , but the neophyte may well consider it necessary to think out carefully the ...
A practised speaker may appear to speak extemporaneously by putting together on one occasion thoughts and expressions previously prepared for other occasions , but the neophyte may well consider it necessary to think out carefully the ...
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The call filled him with joy . Here was a chance to show the public how great a histrionic genius had remained unknown for lack of an opportunity . But his joy was suddenly dampened by the dreadful thought that ...
The call filled him with joy . Here was a chance to show the public how great a histrionic genius had remained unknown for lack of an opportunity . But his joy was suddenly dampened by the dreadful thought that ...
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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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