Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... week it was a duke . " The chief end of a man in New York is dissipation ; in Boston conversation . When you are aspiring to the highest place , it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank . - Cicero . The man who seeks ...
... week it was a duke . " The chief end of a man in New York is dissipation ; in Boston conversation . When you are aspiring to the highest place , it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank . - Cicero . The man who seeks ...
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... week later he received a bill from the lawyer as follows : " For literary advice , $ 100 . ” He says he paid . " Tried to skin me , that scribbler did ! " " What did he want ? " " Wanted to get out a book jointly , he to write the book ...
... week later he received a bill from the lawyer as follows : " For literary advice , $ 100 . ” He says he paid . " Tried to skin me , that scribbler did ! " " What did he want ? " " Wanted to get out a book jointly , he to write the book ...
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... week , how long will it take him to save a thousand ? Boy- " He never would , ma'am . After he got $ 900 he'd buy a car . " " How fast is your car , Jimpson ? " asked Harkaway . " Well , " said Jimpson , " it keeps about six months ...
... week , how long will it take him to save a thousand ? Boy- " He never would , ma'am . After he got $ 900 he'd buy a car . " " How fast is your car , Jimpson ? " asked Harkaway . " Well , " said Jimpson , " it keeps about six months ...
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... week - end at a country home . He tells the following story of an incident that was very amusing to him . " The ... weeks and I am all here . ” See Children . BABIES -Life . BACCALAUREATE SERMONS PROUD FATHER- " Rick , my boy , if you ...
... week - end at a country home . He tells the following story of an incident that was very amusing to him . " The ... weeks and I am all here . ” See Children . BABIES -Life . BACCALAUREATE SERMONS PROUD FATHER- " Rick , my boy , if you ...
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... week They say , with painter's colic . -The Christian Register . MOTHER ( to inquisitive child ) -- " Stand aside . the gentleman wants to take the lady's picture ? " " Why does he want to ? " - Life . Don't you see One day , while ...
... week They say , with painter's colic . -The Christian Register . MOTHER ( to inquisitive child ) -- " Stand aside . the gentleman wants to take the lady's picture ? " " Why does he want to ? " - Life . Don't you see One day , while ...
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