Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... sides . Shakespeare in " The Merry Wives of Windsor " has Falstaff say , “ Fetch me a quart of sack and put a toast in ' t . " Later the term came to be applied to the lady in whose honor the company drank , her name serving to flavor ...
... sides . Shakespeare in " The Merry Wives of Windsor " has Falstaff say , “ Fetch me a quart of sack and put a toast in ' t . " Later the term came to be applied to the lady in whose honor the company drank , her name serving to flavor ...
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... side Than are found in the Star Spangled Banner . A gentleman sprang to assist her ; He picked up her glove and her wrister ; " Did you fall , Ma'am ? " he cried ; " Did you think , " she replied , " I sat down for the fun of it ...
... side Than are found in the Star Spangled Banner . A gentleman sprang to assist her ; He picked up her glove and her wrister ; " Did you fall , Ma'am ? " he cried ; " Did you think , " she replied , " I sat down for the fun of it ...
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... side - ticklers lashed to the mast . He's a scream . Never laughed so much at any one in all my life . " Is he as good as Foy ? " ventured Foy hopefully . " As good as Foy ! " The young man's scorn was superb . " Why , this Hitchcock ...
... side - ticklers lashed to the mast . He's a scream . Never laughed so much at any one in all my life . " Is he as good as Foy ? " ventured Foy hopefully . " As good as Foy ! " The young man's scorn was superb . " Why , this Hitchcock ...
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... side of a patient who had accidentally swal- lowed a heavy dose of oxalic acid , what would you administer ? " The student who , studying for the ministry , took chemistry because it was obligatory in the course , replied , " I would ad ...
... side of a patient who had accidentally swal- lowed a heavy dose of oxalic acid , what would you administer ? " The student who , studying for the ministry , took chemistry because it was obligatory in the course , replied , " I would ad ...
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... sides come together and arbitrate ? " she cried . " They did , " said he . " They did , ' way back in June . That's how the gol - durned thing started . " ARITHMETIC " He seems to be very clever . " " Yes , indeed . He can even do the ...
... sides come together and arbitrate ? " she cried . " They did , " said he . " They did , ' way back in June . That's how the gol - durned thing started . " ARITHMETIC " He seems to be very clever . " " Yes , indeed . He can even do the ...
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